| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Cook |
| | | A good fire makes a good cook. Dutch. | 1 |
| A hungry man has aye a lazy cook. Scotch. | 2 |
| A lovelorn cook oversalts the porridge. German. | 3 |
| All are not cooks who carry long knives. German, Dutch, Danish. | 4 |
| A march before day to dress one’s dinner, and a light dinner to prepare one’s supper, are the best cooks. Alexander. | 5 |
| An ill cook should have a good cleaver. | 6 |
| Better bid the cooks than the mediciners. | 7 |
| But civilized man cannot live without cooks. Owen Meredith. | 8 |
| Cooks are not to be taught in their own kitchens. | 9 |
| Every cook praises his own broth. | 10 |
| Many cooks spoil the broth. | 11 |
| Salt cooks bear blame, but fresh bear shame. | 12 |
| She will as soon part with the cook as the porridge. | 13 |
| There is never enmity between the cook and the butler. Italian. | 14 |
| ’Tis an ill cook cannot lick his own fingers. Shakespeare. | 15 |
| When the cook and steward fall out, we hear who stole the butter. Dutch. | 16 |
| When the cook is roasting for the butler, woe unto the master’s wine cask. Danish. | 17 |
| Where there are too many cooks the soup will be salt. Italian. | 18 | | |
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