No corn without chaff. [ Dutch Proverb ]

Much corn lies in the chaff unseen. [ Proverb ]

Old birds are not caught with chaff. [ Proverb ]

An old bird is not to be caught with chaff. [ Proverb ]

I like that ancient Saxon phrase which calls
The burial ground, God's Acre! It is just;
It consecrates each grave within its walls.
And breathes a benison over the sleeping dust.
* * * * *
Into its furrows shall we all be cast.
In the sure faith, that we shall rise again
At the great harvest, when the archangel's blast
Shall winnow, like a fan, the chaff and grain. [ Longfellow ]

Him who makes chaff of himself the cows will eat. [ Arab. Proverb ]

As threshing separates the corn from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. [ Bacon ]

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. [ Robert Burton ]

With the wind of tribulation God separates in the floor of the soul, the chaff from the corn. [ Molinos ]

Time is like a river, in which metals and solid substances are sunk, while chaff and straws swim upon the surface. [ Bacon ]

His reasons are two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day ere you find them; and when you have them, they are not worth the search. [ William Shakespeare ]