Hail, guest, we ask not what thou art;
If friend, we greet thee, hand and heart;
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Hail, guest, we ask not what thou art;
If friend, we greet thee, hand and heart;
If stranger, such no longer be;
If foe, our love shall conquer thee.

Methinks a father
Is at the nuptial of his son a guest
That best becomes the table.

Methinks a father
Is at the nuptial of his son a guest
That best becomes the table.

Fish and visitors stink after three days.

Fish and visitors stink after three days.

See, your guests approach.
Address yourself to entertain them sprightly,
And let's be red with mirth.

See, your guests approach.
Address yourself to entertain them sprightly,
And let's be red with mirth.

Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
[Lat., Quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes.]

Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
[Lat., Quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes.]

Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.

Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.

When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.

When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.

A guest and a fish after three days are poison

A guest and a fish after three days are poison

A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.

A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.