He that sows trusts in God. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Dirty troughs will serve dirty sows. [ Proverb ]

He that sows iniquity shall reap sorrow. [ Proverb ]

None sows such a grain as will not sell. [ Proverb ]

He that speaks sows, he that hears reaps. [ Proverb ]

Sow truth, if thou the truth wouldst reap;
Who sows the false will reap the vain;
Erect and sound thy conscience keep,
From hollow words and deeds refrain. [ Horatius Bonar ]

He that sows thistles shall reap prickles. [ Proverb ]

What nature wants, commodious gold bestows;
'Tis thus we cut the bread another sows. [ Pope ]

If the brain sows not corn it plants thistles. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

For he that sows in craft does reap in jealousy. [ Middleton ]

The busy brain, that sows not corn, sows thistles. [ Proverb ]

He that speaks sows, and he that holds his peace gathers. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

He that sows in the highway tires his oxen, and loses his corn. [ Proverb ]

In the wounds our sufferings plough immortal love sows sovereign seed. [ Massey ]

He that sows the ground with diligence gains more religious merit than by repeating ten thousand prayers. [ Zoroaster ]

A good deed is never lost: he who sows courtesy, reaps friendship; and he who plants kindness, gathers love. [ Basil ]

A loving heart carries with it, under every parallel of latitude, the warmth and light of the tropics. It plants its Eden in the wilderness and solitary place, and sows with flowers the gray desolation of rock and mosses. [ Whittier ]