“Quills of sages were plucked from geese.”
“Puddings fit for lords would sour the belly of the swineboy.”
“To clap the cover on a steaming pot of herbs will but modify[[1]] the stench.”
[1]. A word of this degree of latinity is very rare with her.
“She who quacketh loudest deems the gander not the lead at waddling time.”
“Climb not the stars to find a pebble.”
“He who hath a house, a hearth and a friend hath a lucky lot.”
She is often caustic and incisive.
“A man loveth his wife, but, ah, the buckles on his knee breeks!”
“Should I present thee with a pumpkin, wouldst thou desire to count the seeds?”