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| A bad day never had a good night. | 1 |
| A day after the fair. | 2 |
| A day that is not thine own do not reckon it as of thy life. Arabian. | 3 |
| A day to come shows longer than a year that’s gone. | 4 |
| A fast-day is the eve of a feast-day. Spanish. | 5 |
| A single day grants what a whole year denies. Dutch. | 6 |
| Every day a thread makes a skein a year. Dutch. | 7 |
| Every day brings a new light. | 8 |
| Every day cannot be a feast of lanterns. Chinese. | 9 |
| Every day hath its night, every weal its woe. | 10 |
| Every day is not a holiday. Italian, Dutch. | 11 |
| Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history. | 12 |
| Everything may be bought except day and night. French. | 13 |
| He never broke his hour who kept his day. | 14 |
| He that passeth a winter’s day escapes an enemy. | 15 |
| In the evening one may praise the day. German. | 16 |
Make the night night, and the day day,
And you will live pleasantly. Spanish. | 17 |
| Many seek good nights and lose good days. Dutch. | 18 |
| No day but has its evening. French, Italian. | 19 |
| No day is wholly productive of evil. Latin. | 20 |
| No day passes without some grief. | 21 |
| No day should pass without something being done. Latin. | 22 |
| One of these days is none of these days. | 23 |
| One day is as good as two to him who does everything in its place. French. | 24 |
| Open your door to a fine day, but make yourself ready for a foul one. | 25 |
| Seize the present day, giving no credit to the succeeding ones. Horace. | 26 |
Seven hours to sleep, to healthful labor seven,
Ten to the world and all to heaven. | 27 |
| Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Bible. | 28 |
| The better the day the better the deed. French, Spanish, Portuguese. | 29 |
| The day has eyes, the night has ears. | 30 |
| The day is never so holy that the pot refuses to boil. Danish. | 31 |
| The day is short and the work is much. | 32 |
| The day sees the workmanship of the night and laughs. Modern Greek. | 33 |
| The day that succeeds the downfall of a tyrant is always the best. Curtius Montanus. | 34 |
| The day that you do a good thing there will be seven new moons. | 35 |
| The days follow each other and are not alike. French. | 36 |
| The longest day must have an end. | 37 |
| The longest day is sure to have its night. | 38 |
| The longest day soon comes to an end. Pliny the Younger. | 39 |
| There is no day without its night. Portuguese. | 40 |
| There is no day without sorrow. Seneca. | 41 |
| They had ne’er an ill day, that had a gude e’en. | 42 |
| What a day may bring a day may take away. | 43 |
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