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| A service done to the unwilling is no service. | 1 |
| He who serves is not free. Spanish. | 2 |
| He who serves many masters must neglect some. Spanish. | 3 |
| He who serves the public hath but a scurvy master. Italian, Dutch. | 4 |
| He who serves the public obliges nobody. | 5 |
| He who will not serve one master must needs serve many. Italian. | 6 |
| Proffered service is little valued. Dutch. | 7 |
| Serve as a serf or fly like a deer. French. | 8 |
| Serve God in your calling; ’tis better than always praying. | 9 |
| Serve yourself till your bairns come to age. | 10 |
| Service is no inheritance. | 11 |
| Services unrequired go unrequited. German. | 12 |
| Serving one’s own passion is the greatest slavery. | 13 |
| Small service is true service while it lasts. Wordsworth. | 14 |
| They also serve who only stand and wait. Milton. | 15 |
| Unwilling service earns no thanks. Danish. | 16 |
| Whoever serves well and says nothing makes claim enough. Italian. | 17 |
| Who serves well asks enough. | 18 |
| He is a slave of the greatest slave, who serveth nothing but himself. | 19 |
| He that serves everybody is paid by nobody. | 20 |
| He that serves the public is paid by nobody. | 21 |
| He that serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages. | 22 |
| He who would serve everybody gets thanks from nobody. Danish. | 23 |
| If you wish to be well served, serve yourself. Spanish, Portuguese. | 24 |
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