| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Courtesy |
| | | A courtesy much entreated is half recompensed. | 1 |
| All doors open to courtesy. | 2 |
| Courtesie is cumbersome to them that ken it not. | 3 |
| Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue. | 4 |
| Courtesy that is all on one side cannot last long. French. | 5 |
| Full of courtesy, full of craft. | 6 |
| He may freely receive courtesies who knows how to requite them. | 7 |
| He that asketh a courtesy promiseth a kindness. | 8 |
| In courtesy rather pay a penny too much than too little. | 9 |
| It is a rank courtesy where a man is forced to give thanks for what is his own. | 10 |
| Less of your courtesy and more of your purse. | 11 |
| Lip courtesy avails (or pleases) much and costs little. Spanish. | 12 |
| One of those gentle ones that will use the devil himself with courtesy. | 13 |
| Pluck not a courtesy in the bud before it is ripe. | 14 |
| The courteous learns his courtesy from the discourteous. Turkish. | 15 |
| Too much courtesy—too much craft. | 16 | | |
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