| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Shipwreck |
| | | A general shipwreck is a consolation to all. Latin. | 1 |
| A wreck on a shore is a beacon at sea. Dutch. | 2 |
| After shipwrecks there is a harbor. Latin. | 3 |
| All wrecks come to the shore; the shore never goes to the wreck. French. | 4 |
| He is foolish to blame the sea who is shipwrecked twice. Publius Syrus. | 5 |
| He that has been shipwrecked shudders at still water. Ovid. | 6 |
| He who is shipwrecked the second time cannot lay the blame on Neptune. | 7 |
| Let another’s shipwreck be your sea mark. | 8 |
| No one can complain of the sea who twice suffers shipwreck. German. | 9 |
| Shipwrecked in luxury and lost in ease. Prior. | 10 |
| Show mercy to those that are shipwrecked. Phocylides 540 years before Christ. | 11 |
| To look at a shipwreck from the shore. Latin. | 12 | | |
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