| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Breed |
| | | Although you take a reptile and place it on a cushion it will seek a heap of dried leaves. Tamil. | 1 |
| An ox remains an ox, even if driven to Vienna. Hungarian. | 2 |
| Bad bird—bad egg. German. | 3 |
| Bad egg—bad chick. Dutch. | 4 |
| Bad the crow and bad the egg. Greek. | 5 |
| Beware of breeds; i.e., an ill breed. | 6 |
| Birth is much, but breeding is more. | 7 |
| Do not rear a bird of a bad breed. Portuguese. | 8 |
| Hatched in the same nest. | 9 |
| He that is born of a hen must scrape for a living. | 10 |
| No magpie hatches a pigeon. German. | 11 |
| No matter how much you feed a wolf he will always return to the forest. Russian. | 12 |
| That that comes of a cat will catch mice. | 13 |
| Vipers breed vipers. | 14 |
| We may not expect a good whelp from an ill dog. | 15 |
| What is born of a cat will catch mice. Italian. | 16 |
| What is born of a hen will scrape. Italian. | 17 |
| What is born of the serpent never loses its poison. German. | 18 |
| Young cats will mouse, young apes will louse. Danish. | 19 | | |
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