Byron.—Childe Harold, Canto I. Stanza 11.
HOUSES.—Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new before they’re ended.
Colley Cibber.—Prol. to the Double Gallant, Line 15.
HOW TO LIVE.—He knows to live who keeps the middle state,
And neither leans on this side nor on that.
Pope.—Book II. Satire II. Line 61.
But chiefly, thou,
Whom soft-ey’d pity once led down from heaven,
To bleed for man, to teach him how to
live,
And, oh! still harder lesson! how to die.
Dr. Porteus.—On Death.
HUMOURS.—In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow,
Thou’rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow;
Hast
so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thee,
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
Martial.—Epigram XLVII. Line 12.
My life’s a preparation but to leave thee:
Like one that seeks a door, I walk about thee:
With thee I cannot
live; I cannot live without thee.
Quarles.—Emblems, No. II. Book IV.
HUNGER.—Hunger is the best seasoning for meat, and thirst for drink.
Yonge’s Cicero.—De Finibus, Book II. Div. 28. Page 165.
His thirst he slakes at some pure neighbouring brook,
Nor seeks for sauce where appetite stands cook.
Churchill.—Gotham, Book III.