It is not for us to instruct Him.

Curses have, as the wise man said, a habit of coming home to roost.

Bear that in mind, Master John Derrick, and be not too liberal with them.' The young apprentice, for such he was, bowed his head sullenly to the rebuke, whilst the Mayor, after a short pause, resumed his story.
'Being a fine night,' said he, 'we chose to walk back to our lodgings; but never shall I forget the wicked scenes wherewith we were encountered on the way.

Good Master Bunyan, of Elstow, might have added some pages to his account of Vanity Fair had he been with us.

The women, be-patched, be-ruddled, and brazen; the men swaggering, roistering, cursing--the brawling, the drabbing, and the drunkenness! It was a fit kingdom to be ruled over by such a court.