E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Fare Well (To).
You cannot fare well but you must cry out roast meat. Don’t blazon your good fortune on the house-top. “Sorex suo perit indicio.” Terence has the same idea: “Egomet meo indicio miser, quasi sorex, hodie pemi.” (Eunuchus, v. 7, 23.)
