Of what avail are pedigrees?

Of what avail are pedigrees?

A gentle houswife marres the houshold.

A gentle houswife marres the houshold.

Fair words butter no parsnips.

Fair words butter no parsnips.

When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.

When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.

Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"

Mills and wives ever want.

Mills and wives ever want.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]

He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]