And do as adversaries do in law,

Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew (1593-1594)

If it is good to have one foot in England, it is still better, or at least as good, to have the other out of it. – Henry James

And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt. – Leviticus 2:13

Salt is white and pure — there is something holy in salt. – Nathaniel Hawthorne