In this work we make a comprehensive study of the presence of adages and proverbs in Cartas de Rusia, a work by cordovan nineteenth polygraph Juan Valera y Alcalá Galiano hardly known by the public. Cartas de Rusia (written in 1856-57 with no intention of being published in the beginning) becomes a clear example of the style that subsequently developed Valera in his novels, where stylistic clarity is one of its most appreciated features.