| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Remedy |
| | | Divine Providence always places the remedy by the side of the evil. French. | 1 |
| Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to. | 2 |
| How readily do men at ease prescribe to those whore sick at heart. Terence. | 3 |
| No one tries extreme remedies at first. Seneca. | 4 |
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven. Shakespeare. | 5 |
| The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between both. | 6 |
| The remedy is worse than the disease. Scotch. | 7 |
| The remedy of to-morrow is too late for the evil of to-day. Spanish. | 8 |
| There is a remedy for all things but the appointed time to die. Turkish. | 9 |
| There is a remedy for everything could men find it. | 10 |
| There is a remedy for everything except death. French, Spanish, Dutch, Danish. | 11 |
| Where remedies are needed, sighing avails not. Italian. | 12 | | |
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