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| A braying ass eats little hay. Italian. | 1 |
| A dull ass near home needs no spur. | 2 |
| A goaded ass must needs trot. French, Italian. | 3 |
| A living ass is better than a dead doctor. Italian. | 4 |
| A low ass is easy to ride on. Turkish. | 5 |
| A thistle is a fat salad for an ass’s mouth. | 6 |
| All asses do not go on four feet. German. | 7 |
| All asses have not long ears. German. | 8 |
| An ass covered with gold is more respected than a good horse with a pack saddle. | 9 |
| An ass does not hit himself twice against the same stone. Dutch. | 10 |
| An ass is but an ass though laden with gold. | 11 |
| An ass is cold even in the summer solstice. | 12 |
| An ass is the gravest beast, an owl the gravest bird. | 13 |
| An ass let him be who brays at an ass. | 14 |
| An ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of a castle. | 15 |
| An ass must be tied where the master will have him. | 16 |
| An ass’s tail will not make a sieve. Italian. | 17 |
| An ass that carries a load is better than a lion that devours men. | 18 |
| An ass that kicketh against the wall receiveth the blow himself. | 19 |
| An ass to an ass is a beauty. Latin. | 20 |
| An ass’s trot does not last long. Italian. | 21 |
| An ass was never cut out for a lap-dog. | 22 |
| An ass with her colt goes straight to the mill. Spanish. | 23 |
| Asses’ bridge. The fifth proposition of Euclid. | 24 |
| Asses carry the oats and horses eat them. Dutch. | 25 |
| Asses die and wolves bury them. | 26 |
| Asses must not be tied up with horses. French. | 27 |
| Asses sing badly because they pitch their voices too high. German. | 28 |
| Asses that bray most eat least. | 29 |
| Better an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me. German, Portuguese. | 30 |
| Better be killed by robbers than by the kick of asses. Portuguese. | 31 |
| Better have a bad ass than be your own ass. Spanish, Portuguese. | 32 |
| Better strive with an ill ass than carry the wood one’s self. | 33 |
| Die not, mine ass, for the spring-time is coming and with it clover. Turkish. | 34 |
| Either the ass will die or he that goads it. Spanish. | 35 |
| Even an ass will not fall twice in the same quicksand. | 36 |
| Even an ass loves to hear himself bray. | 37 |
| For a stubborn ass a hard goad. French. | 38 |
| For a stubborn ass a stubborn driver. French. | 39 |
| For an ass buffoon is the best teacher. German. | 40 |
| Give an ass oats and he runs after thistles. Dutch. | 41 |
| Good, good, but God keep my ass out of his rye. Spanish. | 42 |
| Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold. Latin. | 43 |
| He that is good for something is the ass of the public. Italian. | 44 |
| He that makes himself an ass must not take it ill if men ride him. | 45 |
| Horses run after benefices and asses get them. French. | 46 |
| If any one say that one of thine ears is the ear of an ass regard it not; if he say so of them both procure thyself a bridle. | 47 |
| If one, two, three say you are an ass put on a bridle. Spanish. | 48 |
| It is better to strive with a stubborn ass than to carry the wood on one’s back. Spanish. | 49 |
| Lay the burden on the slow-paced ass. Latin. | 50 |
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| Make yourself an ass and every one will lay a sack on you. German. | 51 |
| Many guests matter little to the ass of the inn. Woloffs.—(Africa.) | 52 |
| Nothing passes between asses but kicks. Italian. | 53 |
| One ass among monkeys is grinned at by all. Spanish. | 54 |
| One ass nicknames another long-ears. German. | 55 |
| One ass scratches another. Latin. | 56 |
| One’s own ass is better than his neighbor’s stallion. German. | 57 |
| Out of a little grass comes a great ass. German. | 58 |
| Put not an embroidered crupper on an ass. | 59 |
| Rather an ass that carries than a horse that throws. Italian. | 60 |
| “Rough as it runs,” as the boy said when his ass kicked him. | 61 |
| She was a neat dame that washed the ass’s face. | 62 |
| The ass and his driver do not think alike. German, Dutch. | 63 |
The ass boasted there was no voice equal to his,
And no gait equal to that of his elder sister. Tamil. | 64 |
| The ass brays when he pleases. | 65 |
| The ass calls the cock big-headed. Modern Greek. | 66 |
| The ass carries corn to the mill and gets thistles. German. | 67 |
| The ass does not know the worth of his tail until he has lost it. Italian. | 68 |
| The ass embraced the thistle, and they found themselves relations. Portuguese. | 69 |
| The ass even eating oats dreams of thistles. German. | 70 |
| The ass is not learned though he be loaded with books. German. | 71 |
| The ass knows well in whose face he brays. Spanish. | 72 |
| The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles. German. | 73 |
| The ass of many owners is eaten by wolves. Spanish. | 74 |
| The ass of a king is still but an ass. German. | 75 |
| The ass that brays most eats least. | 76 |
| The ass that carrieth wine drinketh water. | 77 |
| The ass that is common property is always the worst saddled. | 78 |
| The ass that is hungry eats thistles. Portuguese. | 79 |
| The ass that trespasses on a stranger’s premises will leave them laden with wood; i.e., well cudgelled. Portuguese. | 80 |
| The ass’s hide is used to the stick. Spanish. | 81 |
| The ass’s son brays one hour daily. Portuguese, Latin. | 82 |
| The braying of an ass does not reach heaven. Italian. | 83 |
| The golden ass passes everywhere. | 84 |
| The golden covering does not make the ass a horse. German. | 85 |
| The mountaineer’s ass carries wine and drinks water. French. | 86 |
| The starving ass does not count the blows. Modern Greek. | 87 |
| There are more asses than carry sacks. Italian. | 88 |
| There goes more than one ass to market. | 89 |
| There is no ass but brays. Turkish. | 90 |
| What good can it do an ass to be called a lion? | 91 |
| What’s the use of putting honey in an ass’s mouth? German. | 92 |
| When all men say you are an ass, it is time to bray. | 93 |
| When the ass bears too light a load, he wants to lie down. Russian. | 94 |
| When the ass is too happy, he begins dancing on the ice. Dutch. | 95 |
| Wherever an ass falleth, there will he never fall again. | 96 |
Wherever an ass is crowned to fame,
Both town and country bear the blame. German. | 97 |
| Who is in great haste should not ride an ass. German. | 98 |
| Who would save an ass against his will? Horace. | 99 |
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