| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Treason, Traitors |
| | | A traitor is a coward. Turkish. | 1 |
| A traitor must be looked upon as an enemy. Cicero. | 2 |
| Are there traitors at the table that the loaf is turned the wrong side upwards? | 3 |
| Give a traitor good words and you make him loyal. Dutch. | 4 |
| I like the treason, but I praise not the traitor. Plutarch. | 5 |
| The hasty man was never a traitor. German. | 6 |
| The loyal man lives no longer than the traitor pleases. Spanish. | 7 |
| The treason approved—the traitor abhorred. German, Portuguese. | 8 |
| The treason is loved, but the traitor is hated. Italian. | 9 |
| Traitors all first fall themselves. Demosthenes. | 10 |
| Traitors are detested by those who have employed them. | 11 |
| Traitors are hated even by those they favor. Tacitus. | 12 |
Treason doth never prosper. What’s the reason?
For if it prosper none dare call it treason. Sir John Harrington. | 13 |
| Treason is not inherited. Shakespeare. | 14 |
| Two false men to one traitor. | 15 |
| Tyranny is far the worst of treasons. Byron. | 16 | | |
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