Make us rather bear those ills we have,

Than fly to those we know too much of.

——:o:——

Paterfamilias as Hamlet.

Ham.—To bake, or not to bake, that is the question:—

Whether ’tis better for ourselves to make

Digestive, light, sweet, wholesome home-made bread;

Or to take in tradesmen’s loaves against our sense,

And, nothing heeding, eat them?—To eat—eat what?—

The trough’s abominations without end: