(Why do you laugh?—Sat. I. 69)—
which was accordingly adopted, and painted on the panel.
A pedantic bachelor had the following inscription on his tea-caddy:—
TU DOCES.
(Thou Tea-chest.)
Epitaph on a Cat, ascribed to Dr. Johnson (Hor. lib. i., c. 12):—
MI-CAT INTER OMNES.
Two gentlemen about to enter an unoccupied pew in a church, the foremost found it locked. His companion, not perceiving it at the moment, inquired why he retreated. “Pudor vetat” said he. (Modesty forbids.)