Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Ant

A cocoanut-shell full of water is an ocean to an ant.Tamil.

An emmet (ant) may work its heart out, but cannot make honey.

Ants never bend their course to an empty granary.
No friend will visit departed wealth.Ovid.

Even an emmet may seek revenge.

Even an ant is eight spans long as measured by its own hand.Tamil.

None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.Franklin.

The ant has wings to its hurt.Don Quixote.

What would the ant do if it had the head of a bull.German.