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"There is philosophy in the coan

"Sir, an innkeeper cannot fail of philosophy if he has his eyes and a

spark of intelligence The e in a tub because the

follies of his fellows so angered hireatest fool of them all

He should have kept an inn on the road to Athens, for then the follies

would have put rowl"

His wife came over to the fireplace and lifted the lid of the pot

"The supper is ready," said she

"And perhaps, sir, while you are eating it you can think of a nan-board already," said Wogan, "and a nan-board, but without a device," said the landlord, and

while Wogan drew a chair to the table he explained his predica the road, and travellers prefer

to make their halt there They will not stop here My father, sir, set

it all down to paint It was his drea; his last words bade me pinch and save until I could

paint Well, here is the house painted, and I am anxious for a new