| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Deeds |
| | | A deed done has an end. Italian. | 1 |
| A good deed bears a blessing for its fruit. Hans Andersen. | 2 |
| Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds. Congreve. | 3 |
| Deeds are fruits, words are leaves. | 4 |
| Deeds are love and not sweet words (or fine phrases). Spanish, Portuguese. | 5 |
| Deeds are males and words are but females. | 6 |
| Deeds, not words. Beaumont and Fletcher. | 7 |
| Good deeds are ever in themselves rewarded. Massinger. | 8 |
| Good deeds remain, all things else perish. | 9 |
| Great deeds are reserved for great men. Don Quixote. | 10 |
| Great soul, great deeds. German. | 11 |
| He who is scared by words has no heart for deeds. Danish. | 12 |
| How much more safe the good than evil deed. Homer. | 13 |
| Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word. Shakespeare. | 14 |
Immodest deeds you hinder to be wrought,
But we proscribe the least immodest thought. Dryden. | 15 |
| ’Tis deeds must win the prize. Shakespeare. | 16 | | |
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