Proverbs
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Tao te Ching
One thousand secrets of rich and wise men revealed
Pooh's Little Instruction Book
The MacMillan Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Famous Phrases (Formerly Entitled the Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Familiar Phrases)
Reliqui℗æ celtic℗æ
The Penguin Dictionary of Proverbs
Traditional sayings in the Old Testament
Hugs for the heart
Random House dictionary of America's popular proverbs & sayings
Chaucer's use of proverbs
A Dictionary of American proverbs
Twisted wisdom
My momma likes to say
African Proverbs
Little Oxford Dictionary Of Proverbs
Adagia
Arabic Proverbs
Dictionary of proverbs
Mothballs and Elbow Grease
Wise words and wives' tales
Old English proverbs
Poor Richard's Almanack
Oxford dictionary of proverbs
Wise words and quotes
The Multicultural Dictionary of Proverbs
Scottish proverbs
Dictionary of 1000 Polish proverbs
A hand-book of proverbs
Best-loved Chinese proverbs
Touch of the Irish
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