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| A fox is slyer than ten asses. German. | 1 |
| A fox sleeps but counts hens in his dreams. Russian. | 2 |
| A good fox does not eat his neighbors’ fowls. French. | 3 |
| A good fox has three holes. | 4 |
| A running fox is better than a sleeping lion. German. | 5 |
| An old fox don’t go twice into the trap. German, Dutch. | 6 |
| An old fox is not to be caught in a trap. Modern Greek. | 7 |
| An old fox needs not to be taught tricks. | 8 |
| As long as ye serve the fox ye maun bear up his tail. | 9 |
| As long runs the fox as he has feet. | 10 |
| Bear and bull catch no fox. German. | 11 |
| But when the fox hath once got in his nose, he’ll soon find means to make the body follow. Shakespeare. | 12 |
| Even foxes are caught. Italian. | 13 |
| Every fox likes a hen-roost. Italian. | 14 |
| Every fox looks after its own skin. Danish. | 15 |
| Every fox must pay his own skin to the flayer. | 16 |
| Every fox takes care of its tail. Russian. | 17 |
| “Fie upon hens,” quoth the fox, because he could not reach them. | 18 |
| Foxes are all tail and women all tongue. Italian. | 19 |
| Foxes come at last to the furrier. French. | 20 |
| Foxes dig not their own holes. | 21 |
| Foxes never fare better than when they are cursed. | 22 |
| Foxes prey farthest from their earths. | 23 |
| Foxes when they cannot reach the grapes say they are not ripe. | 24 |
| Fox’s broth, cold and scalding. Spanish. | 25 |
| “Good day to you all,” said the fox when he got into the goose pen. Dutch. | 26 |
| He is a proud tod that winna scratch his ain hole. | 27 |
| He that will out-wit the fox must rise betimes. | 28 |
| He who has to do with foxes must look after his hen-roost. German. | 29 |
| If the badger leave his hole the fox will creep into it. | 30 |
| If the fox is a butler he will not die of thirst. German. | 31 |
| If thou dealest with a fox think of his tricks. | 32 |
| If you would catch a fox you must hunt with geese. Danish. | 33 |
| It is a poor fox that hath but one hole. German. | 34 |
| It is difficult to trap an old fox. Danish. | 35 |
| “It is not for my own sake,” said the fox, “that I say to the geese, that there is a good goose green in the wood.” Danish. | 36 |
| No fox so cunning but he is caught at last. German. | 37 |
| Old foxes are hard to catch. | 38 |
| Old foxes want no tutors. | 39 |
| One fox rarely betrays another. German. | 40 |
| Reynard is still Reynard though he put on a cowl. | 41 |
| Take care of your geese when the fox preaches. Danish. | 42 |
| The brains of a fox will be of little service, if you play with the paw of a lion. | 43 |
| The fox advised the others to cut off their tails because he left his own in the trap. Italian. | 44 |
| The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb. Shakespeare. | 45 |
| The fox changes his skin but keeps the rogue. German. | 46 |
| The fox does not so much mischief in a year as he pays for in an hour. Spanish. | 47 |
| The fox does not go twice into the same trap. Danish. | 48 |
| The fox does not prey near his hole. German. | 49 |
| The fox fares best when he is most cursed. | 50 |
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| The fox goes at last to the shop of the furrier. Turkish. | 51 |
| The fox goes through the corn and does not eat but brushes it down with his tail. Gallician. | 52 |
| The fox has many tricks, the hedgehog only one, but greater than all. Latin. | 53 |
| The fox is cunning but he is more cunning that catches him. Spanish. | 54 |
| The fox knows more than one hole. | 55 |
| The fox knows well with whom he plays tricks. Spanish. | 56 |
| The fox grows gray but never good. | 57 |
| The fox may lose his hair, but not his cunning. Dutch. | 58 |
| The fox praiseth the meal out of the crow’s mouth. | 59 |
| The fox preys farthest from his hole. | 60 |
| The fox said the grapes were sour. Æsop’s Fables. | 61 |
| The fox says of the mulberries when he cannot get at them, “They are good for nothing.” French. | 62 |
| The fox that sleeps till the morning hath not his tongue feathered. French. | 63 |
| The fox that tarries long is on the watch for prey. Spanish. | 64 |
| The fox thinks everybody eats poultry like himself. French. | 65 |
| The fox with only one hole is soon caught. German. | 66 |
| The fox’s death is the hen’s life. German. | 67 |
| The fox’s wiles will never enter the lion’s head. | 68 |
| The more the fox is cursed the more prey he catches. Italian. | 69 |
| The sleeping fox catches no poultry. | 70 |
| The tod (fox) ne’er sped better than when he went on his ain errand. | 71 |
| The tod (fox) keeps aye his ain hole clean. | 72 |
| The tod’s (fox’s) whelps are ill to tame. | 73 |
| There is no fox so cunning he does not find one more cunning. German. | 74 |
| There is ne’er a best among them, as the fellow said by the fox-cubs. | 75 |
| Though the fox runs, the chicken hath wings. | 76 |
| We never find that a fox dies in the dirt of his own ditch. | 77 |
| What the fox cannot reach he allows to hang. Modern Greek. | 78 |
| When a fox is in his hole smoke fetches him out. Spanish. | 79 |
| When the fox comes out of the trap he is more prudent than before. German. | 80 |
| When the fox is asleep nothing falls into his mouth. | 81 |
| When the fox is hungry he pretends he is asleep. Modern Greek. | 82 |
| When the fox is judge, the goose wins her suit with difficulty. German. | 83 |
| When the fox licks his paw let the farmer look to his geese. Danish. | 84 |
| When the fox wishes to catch geese he wags his tail. German. | 85 |
| When you bargain with a fox beware of tricks. Latin. | 86 |
| Where there are no dogs the fox is a king. Italian. | 87 |
| With foxes we must play the fox. | 88 |
| You canna have more of a fox than his skin. | 89 |
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