I have written of Proverbs, turned everything to a Proverb,
Even my name as an author, proverbial is it with many,
Who, in braying derision, call me “Sweet Singer of Beadledom,”
Let those laugh who win! my Proverbs have eighteen editions!
Eighteen editions bring fame, and—what is better—money.
Another old parody may be quoted from the second volume of Punch, (1842).
Punch’s Proverbial Philosophy.
Introductory.
Come along, old fellow; follow me as a friend, from the midnight streets;
Leave awhile the cold and muddy Strand to loiter in the tavern of the Coal Hole.