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| A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast. Irish. | 1 |
| A good meal is worth hanging for. German. | 2 |
| A good salad may be a prologue to a bad supper. | 3 |
| A good stomach is the best sauce. | 4 |
| A letter written after dinner is read in hell. Turkish. | 5 |
A little dinner long expected, and cold,
Is by no means given, but dearly sold. French. | 6 |
| All state and nothing on the plate. French. | 7 |
| At table, the company should never exceed that of the muses (9), nor be under the number of the graces (3). | 8 |
| Better a good dinner than a fine coat. French. | 9 |
| Better be meals many than one too merry. | 10 |
| By suppers more have been killed than Galen ever cured. | 11 |
| Dinners cannot be long where dainties want. | 12 |
| Go to bed without supper and you’ll rise without debt. Spanish, Portuguese. | 13 |
| He fasts enough that has a bad meal. | 14 |
| He sups ill who eats up all at dinner. | 15 |
| He that saveth his dinner will have the more for supper. | 16 |
| He that would eat a good dinner, let him eat a good breakfast. | 17 |
| He who would have a hare for breakfast, must hunt over night. | 18 |
| I have nothing for dinner; sit down to table. Portuguese. | 19 |
| Light suppers mak lang life days. | 20 |
| More people are slain by suppers, than by the sword. | 21 |
| Oil is best in the beginning, honey at the end, and wine in the middle. Dutch. | 22 |
| Suppers kill more than greatest doctors ever cured. | 23 |
| Supper is soon served in a plentiful house. Portuguese. | 24 |
| There are many days in the year, and still more meals. Danish. | 25 |
| Two hungry meals make the third a glutton. | 26 |
| Two ill meals make the third a glutton. | 27 |
| Unhappy is he who has not breakfasted at three. Don Quixote. | 28 |
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