The World’s Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia in 15 Volumes. 1906.
The Greek AnthologyBoard or Lodging (Lucilius)
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Espied one day, to his surprise, a mouse.
“Tell me, dear mouse,” he cried, “to what cause is it
I owe this pleasant but unlooked-for visit?”
The mouse said, smiling, “Fear not for your hoard;
I come, my friend, to lodge, and not to board.”