Clover is the best way of improving clays, where manure is scarce.
-- John Mortimer (c.1656-1736)
"Severely criticised by their political opponents for neglecting their official duties, it was said that they had no thought but to live out their days in rural retirement."
Nyuk, nyuk.
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. ... And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.
-- Daniel 1:12, 15