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
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.
next-day fire coal
Good deeds in this life are coals raked up in embers, to make a fire next day