I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for.


I'm sure I don't know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldn't like to.


Nowadays the host does not admit you to his hearth, but has got the mason to build one for yourself somewhere in his alley, and hospitality is the art of keeping you at the greatest distance.


We'll teach you to drink deep ere you depart.