| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Grave |
| | | Bloody and deceitful men dig their own graves. | 1 |
| He who lies in the grave is well lodged. German. | 2 |
| In the grave dust and bones jostle not for the wall. | 3 |
| In the grave the prince does not lie easier than the day laborer. German. | 4 |
Kings have no such couch as thine,
As the green that folds thy grave. Tennyson. | 5 |
| The dust (of the grave) alone can fill the eye of man. Arabian. | 6 |
| The grave is the general meeting-place. | 7 |
| The grave levels all distinctions. | 8 |
| The more thy years the nearer thy grave. | 9 |
| There are countless roads on all sides to the grave. Cicero. | 10 |
| We shall lie all alike in our grave. | 11 | | |
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