| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Church |
| | | A church debt is the devil’s salary. Beecher. | 1 |
| A church stone drops gold. Gallician. | 2 |
| A great church and little devotion. Italian. | 3 |
| A man may be good in the camp, yet bad in the church. | 4 |
| Better come late to church than never. Danish. | 5 |
| Big churches, little saints. German. | 6 |
| Early to the church—late to the court. | 7 |
| He that goes to church with an ill intention, goes to God’s house on the devil’s errand. | 8 |
| Let the church stand in the church-yard. | 9 |
| Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves. | 10 |
| New churches and new taverns are seldom empty. German. | 11 |
| Old churches have dark windows. German. | 12 |
| The church has no fear of just reasoners. Benjamin Disraeli. | 13 |
| The church is not so large but the priest may say service in it. | 14 |
| The church is out of temper when charity waxeth cold and zeal hot. | 15 |
| The Gypsy church was made of bacon, and the dogs ate it. Gypsy. | 16 |
| The nearer to church, the farther from God. French, German. | 17 |
| What the soul is to man, the church is to the world. Benjamin Disraeli. | 18 |
| When there is nothing, the church loses. Italian. | 19 |
Who builds a church to God and not to fame
Will never mark the marble with his name. Pope. | 20 | | |
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