| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Crow |
| | | A crow does not pick out a crow’s eyes. Modern. Greek. | 1 |
| A crow is never the whiter for often washing. Danish. | 2 |
| An old crow croaks not for nothing. Russian. | 3 |
| Crows are black all the world over. Chinese. | 4 |
| Crows are never the whiter for washing themselves. | 5 |
| Crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat them. | 6 |
| Crows do not peck out crow’s eyes. Portuguese. | 7 |
| It is ill killing a crow with an empty sling. | 8 |
| It is not every hog that the crow will ride. Danish. | 9 |
| Old crows are hard to catch. German. | 10 |
| One crow does not make a winter. German, Dutch. | 11 |
| The crow thinks his own bird fairest. | 12 |
| The crow when stripped of her borrowed feathers excites our laughter. Horace. | 13 |
| The crow will find its mate. Danish. | 14 |
| When the crow flies her tail follows. | 15 | | |
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