LIVING WELL.

“If you would live well for a week, kill a hog; if you would live well

for a month, marry; if you would live well all your life, turn priest.”

This is an old proverb; but by turning priest is not barely meant

becoming an ecclesiastic, but it alludes to the celibacy of the Romish

clergy, and is as much as to say, do not marry at all.

The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac · 第 858 / 1847 题