| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Nightingale |
| | | A nightingale was put in a golden cage—“Oh for my home,” she said. Turkish. | 1 |
| A nightingale won’t sing in a cage. | 2 |
| Everybody thinks his own cuckoo sings better than another’s nightingale. German. | 3 |
| He esteems the crow and nightingale alike. Turkish. | 4 |
| It is better to hear the nightingale sing than the mouse gnaw. Italian. | 5 |
| Nightingales can sing their own songs best. | 6 |
| The nightingale and the cuckoo sing both in one month. | 7 |
| When the crow sings the nightingale takes wing. Modern Greek. | 8 |
| When the nightingale sings no more she’s an ugly brown bird. | 9 |
| Who cries like a raven when young, does not sing like a nightingale when old. German. | 10 | | |
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