| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Stone |
| | | A rolling stone gathers no moss. French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch. | 1 |
| A rolling stone gathers no sea-weed. (Referring to a stone on the sea-shore.) Latin. | 2 |
| A rugged stone grows smooth from hand to hand. | 3 |
| Beware of the stone thou stumblest at before. | 4 |
Get what you can and what you get hold,
’Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold. (Philosopher’s stone.) | 5 |
| He is not a good mason that refuses any stone. Italian. | 6 |
| No man can stay a stone. | 7 |
| Rolling stones gather no moss. Danish. | 8 |
| The stone sharpens knives but is dull itself. Petrarch. | 9 |
| The stone that everybody spits upon will be wet at last. Danish. | 10 |
| The stone that lieth not in your way need not offend you. | 11 |
| Throw no stones at thine own window. | 12 |
| To kill two birds with one stone. Portuguese, Dutch. | 13 |
| When a stone leaves the hand it belongs to the devil. | 14 |
| Who throws a stone above himself may have it fall on his own head. Bible. | 15 |
| Who throws a stone at the sky may have it fall on his head. Italian. | 16 | | |
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