If embarrassment were a muscle, I'd be huge.
Command that in no way there be in your household any who make strife, discord or divisions in the hostel, but all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and one soul.
In the beginning of time, light drew out matter along with itself into a mass as great as the fabric of the world.
Command that your marshal be careful to be present over the household, and especially in the hall, to keep the household, within doors and without, respectable, without dispute or noise, or bad words.
It is not possible for form to do without matter because it is not separable, nor can matter itself be purged of form.
Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that they are faithful, discreet, and painstaking in the office for which they are received, and withal honest and of good manners.
And with the money from your corn, from your rents, and from the issues of pleas in your courts, and from your stock, arrange the expenses of your kitchen and your wines and your wardrobe and the wages of servants, and subtract your stock.
Funny how a little politeness can change people's minds.
The only thing that works is a good script!
All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.
Life is seldom as unendurable as, to judge by the facts, it logically ought to be.