About Samuel Foote: Samuel Foote was a British dramatist, actor and theatre manager from Cornwall. He was known for his comedic acting and writing, and for turning the loss of a leg in a riding accident in 1766 to comedic opportunity.
He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
Born in a cellar... and living in a garret.
Death and the dice level all distinctions.
So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf, to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. 'What! no soap?' So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber.
When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.
