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| A faithful servant is more than a mother. Tamil. | 1 |
| A good servant makes a good master. Italian. | 2 |
| A good servant must have good wages. | 3 |
| A servant and a cock should be kept but one year. | 4 |
| A servant is a paid enemy. | 5 |
| A servant is known by his master’s absence. | 6 |
| A servant knows more than he should tell. German. | 7 |
| A servant never yet miscarried through excess of respect. | 8 |
| A servant should know more than he tells. Latin. | 9 |
| A smiling boy seldom proves a good servant. | 10 |
| A young serving man—an old beggar. | 11 |
| An honest and diligent servant is an humble friend. | 12 |
| An honest and faithful servant is a jewel. Ben Jonson. | 13 |
| At a bridge, a plank, or a river, the servant foremost, the master behind. | 14 |
| At the end of one year the man has the habits of his master. Spanish. | 15 |
| Bad is a bad servant, but ’tis worse being without him. | 16 |
| By the servant the master is known. German. | 17 |
| Do not stuff your servant with bread and he won’t ask for cheese. Spanish. | 18 |
| Eat of your own and call yourself mine, i.e., be my servant and feed yourself. Portuguese. | 19 |
| Give a new servant bread and eggs, but after a year bread and a cudgel. | 20 |
| Grandfather’s servants are never good. | 21 |
| He can give little to his servant who licks his own trencher. | 22 |
| He is the devil’s valet; he does more than he is ordered. | 23 |
| He that would be ill served must keep plenty of servants. Italian. | 24 |
| He that would be well served must know when to change his servants. | 25 |
| He who has servants, has unavoidable enemies. Spanish. | 26 |
| If the servant grows rich and the master poor they are both good for nothing. German. | 27 |
| If you have a loitering servant set his dinner before him and send him on an errand. Spanish. | 28 |
| If you pay not a servant his wages he will pay himself. | 29 |
| If you would have a faithful servant and one that you like, serve yourself. Franklin. | 30 |
| If you would have a good servant take neither a kinsman nor a friend. | 31 |
| Many servants, little service. German. | 32 |
| Many servants, many enemies. German. | 33 |
| No silver, no servant. | 34 |
| Servants should put on patience when they put on livery. | 35 |
| Servants will not be diligent when the master’s negligent. | 36 |
| The lazy servant takes eight steps to avoid one. Spanish, Dutch. | 37 |
| The more servants the worse service. Dutch. | 38 |
| The servant holds a key to the closet that contains the family skeleton. | 39 |
| The servant of a king is a king. | 40 |
| The servant wench that has a mother in town swoons seven times a day. Spanish. | 41 |
| Three things are of equal worth: the old servant, dog and horse. German. | 42 |
| What enjoyment! to have little to eat and keep a servant. Spanish. | 43 |
| Who has many servants has many thieves. Dutch. | 44 |
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