“’Twas in the library.” “Thank heaven’s care!——
The friars, holy men!—uninjured are!”——
PROVERBS, FOLK-LORE, AND TRADITIONAL ANECDOTES.
Don’t lend your knife in pumpkin-time.
Do not ask the host whether his wine is good.
All the brains are not in one head.
Pride went out on horseback, and came home afoot.
Heaven keep you from a bad neighbour, and from a man who is learning the violin.
Better to be a lizard’s head than a dragon’s tail.