• For as the old saying is, When house and land are gone and spent Then learning is most excellent.

    Samuel Foote: For as the old saying is,
When house and land are gone and spent
Then learning is most excellent.
    Samuel Foote (1797). “The Dramatic Works: Of Samuel Foote, Esq. To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author. In Two Volumes. ...”, p.14