Thomas Overbury
Thomas Overbury
Sir Thomas Overburywas an English poet and essayist, also known for being the victim of a murder which led to a scandalous trial. His poem A Wife, which depicted the virtues that a young man should demand of a woman, played a large role in the events that precipitated his murder...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
firsts made
Things were first made, then words.
next-day fire coal
Good deeds in this life are coals raked up in embers, to make a fire next day
beauty skins beauty-is-only-skin-deep
Beauty is only skin deep.
ancestry best man potato
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.