Famous quotes containing the words rafter ends, log and/or ends:
“Rafter ends that jut out from under the roof will rot first.”
—Chinese proverb.
“My merrie, merrie boyes,
The Christmas Log to the firing;”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
“In the case of pirates, say, I would like to know whether that profession of theirs has any peculiar glory about it. It sometimes ends in uncommon elevation, indeed; but only at the gallows.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)