Leave welcome ahint you.—Scotch.
Do not outstay your welcome. "A guest and a fish stink on the third day" (Spanish).[177]
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
"Aweel, kinsman," says Rob Boy to the baillie, "ye ken our fashion—foster the guest that comes, further him that maun gang." "Let the guest go before the storm bursts" (German).[178]
If the badger leaves his hole the tod will creep into it.—Scotch.
"He that quits his place loses it" (French).[179] "Whoso absents himself, his share absents itself" (Arab).
FOOTNOTES:
[167] Absens hæres non erit.
[168] Ausencia enemiga de amor: quan lejos de ojo tan lejos de corazon.
[169] A muertos y a idos no hay mas amigos.