| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Birth |
| | | He that is born under a three-penny planet will never be worth a groat. Irish. | 1 |
| He that was born under a three half-penny planet shall never be worth two pence. | 2 |
| High birth is a poor dish at table. Italian. | 3 |
| It matters less to a man where he is born, than where he can live. Turkish. | 4 |
| No man can help his birth. Hans Andersen. | 5 |
| No one is born with an axe in his hand. German. | 6 |
Our birth is nothing but our death begun,
As tapers waste that instant they take fire. Young. | 7 |
| Our birth made us mortal, our death will make us immortal. | 8 | | |
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