| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Jealousy |
| | | A hasty man loses the produce of his field and a jealous man his wife. Tamil. | 1 |
| A jealous woman sets a whole house in a flame. Latin. | 2 |
| A lewd bachelor makes a jealous husband. | 3 |
| A loving man, a jealous man. Italian. | 4 |
| A neighbor’s eye is full of jealousy. Danish. | 5 |
| Jealousy is a pain which largely seeks what causes pain. German. | 6 |
| Jealousy is the evil daughter of a good family. German. | 7 |
| Jealousy is the greatest evil. German. | 8 |
| Jealousy is too apt to build upon unsure foundations. Massinger. | 9 |
| Jealousy is worse than witchcraft. German. | 10 |
| Jealousy shuts one door and opens two instead. German. | 11 |
| Nor jealousy, was understood, the injured lover’s hell. Milton. | 12 |
Oh! beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on. Shakespeare. | 13 |
| The jealous man—who spreads his bed with stinging nettles and then sleeps on it. Punch. | 14 |
| The jealousy of the wife is the path to divorce. German. | 15 |
| There is no man however high but is jealous of some one, and there is no man however low but has some one jealous of him. | 16 |
| Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ. Shakespeare. | 17 | | |
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