Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine,
Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;
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Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine,
Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;
Custards for supper, and an endless host
Of syllabubs and jellies and mince-pies,
And other such ladylike luxuries.

Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.

Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.

"Live like yourself," was soon my lady's word,
And lo! two puddings smok'd upon the board.

"Live like yourself," was soon my lady's word,
And lo! two puddings smok'd upon the board.

Bread is the staff of life.

Bread is the staff of life.

They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.

They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.

To eat at another's table is your ambition's height.
[Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra.]

To eat at another's table is your ambition's height.
[Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra.]

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

All sorrows are good (or are less) with bread.
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All sorrows are good (or are less) with bread.
[Sp., Todos los duelos con pan son buenos (or son menos).]

For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise.

For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise.