| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Pen |
| | | A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s paw. | 1 |
Beneath the rule of men entirely great
The pen is mightier than the sword. Bulwer. | 2 |
| He writes with an iron pen. Latin. | 3 |
| Many who wear rapiers are afraid of goose-quills. | 4 |
| Pen and ink is wit’s plough. | 5 |
Take away the sword,
States can be saved without it: bring the pen! Bulwer. | 6 |
| The lance never blunted the pen, nor the pen the lance. Don Quixote. | 7 |
| The might that slumbers in a goose’s wing. | 8 |
| The pen is a tree whose fruit is expression. | 9 |
| The pen is mightier than the sword. | 10 |
| The pen of the tongue should be dipped in the ink of the heart. Italian. | 11 |
| The pen, that mighty instrument of little men. Byron. | 12 |
| You need not get a golden pen to write upon dirt. | 13 | | |
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