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No, truly, 'tis more than manners will;
And I have heard it said, unbidden guests
Are often read more
No, truly, 'tis more than manners will;
And I have heard it said, unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.
A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.
Fish and visitors stink after three days.
Fish and visitors stink after three days.
When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.
When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.
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.
Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
[Lat., Quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes.]
Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
[Lat., Quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes.]
To the guests that must go, bid God's speed and brush away all
traces of their steps.
To the guests that must go, bid God's speed and brush away all
traces of their steps.
(Macbeth:) Here's our chief guest.
(Lady Macbeth:) If he had been forgotten,
It had been as a read more
(Macbeth:) Here's our chief guest.
(Lady Macbeth:) If he had been forgotten,
It had been as a gap in our great feast,
And all-thing unbecoming.
