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| A lion may be beholden to a mouse. Æsop’s Fables. | 1 |
| An old lion is better than a young ass. Latin. | 2 |
| Dreadful is the lion’s cave, though he’s no longer there. | 3 |
| Even hares pull a lion by the beard when he is dead. Dutch. | 4 |
| He is a lion in a good cause. | 5 |
| If thy hand be in a lion’s mouth, get it out as fast as thou canst. | 6 |
| It is an ill office to file the teeth of the lion. German. | 7 |
| It is little honor to the lion to sieze the mouse. German. | 8 |
| It is not good to wake a sleeping lion. | 9 |
Like a worn-out lion in a cave,
That goes not out to prey. | 10 |
| Lions in time of peace—deer in war. Latin. | 11 |
| Lions make leopards tame. Shakespeare. | 12 |
| Lions’ skins were never cheap. French. | 13 |
| Little birds may pick a dead lion. | 14 |
So when the lion quits his fell repast,
Next prowls the wolf, the filthy jackall last. Byron. | 15 |
| The hind that would be mated by the lion must die for love. Shakespeare. | 16 |
| The lion hath need of the mouse. | 17 |
| The lion is known by his claws. Italian. | 18 |
| The lion is not half so fierce as he is painted. Spanish. | 19 |
| The lion’s skin is never cheap. | 20 |
| The old lion perisheth for lack of prey. Shakespeare. | 21 |
’Tis better playing with the lion’s whelp,
Than with an old one dying. Shakespeare. | 22 |
| ’Tis not a basket of hay, but a basket of flesh that makes a lion war. | 23 |
| When the lion is dead the hares jump upon his carcass. Italian. | 24 |
| Where the lion’s skill falls short, it must be eked out with the fox’s. Lysander. | 25 |
| Where the lion’s skin falls short piece it out with the fox’s. Italian, German. | 26 |
| You may know the lion by his claw. French. | 27 |
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