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

Estate

An estate inherited is the less valued.Portuguese.

Estates are landscapes gazed upon awhile,
Then advertised and auctioneered away.Cowper.

He has a good estate but that the right owner keeps it from him. (Ironically spoken.)

He that gets an estate will probably never spend it.

He who walks daily over his estate finds a coin each time.Hebrew.

It is a hard thing to have a great estate and not fall in love with it.

It is good to be near of kin to an estate.

Many would have been worse, if their estates had been better.

The bones of a great estate are worth the picking.

To the world no bug-bear is so great,
As want of figure and a small estate.Pope.

What is a great estate good for if it bring melancholy?