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| A constant guest is never welcome. | 1 |
| A daily guest is a great thief in the kitchen. Dutch. | 2 |
| A great guest is always dear to a host. Russian. | 3 |
| A guest and a fish after three days are poison. French. | 4 |
| A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year. Polish. | 5 |
| A house filled with guests is eaten up and ill-spoken of. Spanish. | 6 |
| An unbidden guest is worse than a Tartar. Russian. | 7 |
| An unbidden guest must bring his own stool with him. | 8 |
| An unpleasant guest is as welcome as salt to a sore eye. Danish. | 9 |
| An untimely guest is the house’s plunder. Pashto. | 10 |
| Even the welcome guest becomes wearisome when he sits too long in the house. Hans Andersen. | 11 |
| Fish and guests smell at three days old. Danish. | 12 |
| Guests that come by daylight are best received. | 13 |
| He is an ill guest that never drinks to his host. | 14 |
| Let the guests go before the storm bursts. German. | 15 |
| The guest is not welcome to the guest but both to the host. Turkish. | 16 |
| The guests will go away and we will eat the pastry. Portuguese. | 17 |
| The unbidden guest is ever a pest. German. | 18 |
| Unbidden guests are often welcome when they are gone. | 19 |
| Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. | 20 |
| When the guest is in most favor, he will do well to quit. German. | 21 |
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