Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.
Prison
A prison is a house of care, a place where none can thrive;
A touchstone true to try a friend, a grave for one alive.
Sometimes a place of right, sometimes a place of wrong,
Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves and honest men among.Inscription on Edinburgh old Tolbooth.
It is better to make conditions in the bush than in prison.Danish.