Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.

Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.

Gentle my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks;
Be bright and jovial among your guests to-night.

Gentle my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks;
Be bright and jovial among your guests to-night.

Fish and visitors stink after three days.

Fish and visitors stink after three days.

A guest and a fish after three days are poison

A guest and a fish after three days are poison

A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.

A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.

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

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

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.

For whom he means to make an often guest,
One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest.

For whom he means to make an often guest,
One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest.

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.