The wife is the key of the house.

The wife is the key of the house.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

A new broome sweepeth cleane.

A new broome sweepeth cleane.

Favour will as surely perish as life.

Favour will as surely perish as life.

Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.

Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.

We believe not a liar, even when he is speaking the truth.

We believe not a liar, even when he is speaking the truth.

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.

Make three bites of a cherry.

Make three bites of a cherry.

Good swimmers at length are drowned.

Good swimmers at length are drowned.