And seeing the snail, which everywhere doth roam, Carrying his own house still, still is at home, Follow (for he is easy paced) this snail, Be thine own palace, or the world's thy gaol.

-Donne,John
^8  'To Sir Henry Wotton'.

I know not whether Laws be right, Or whether Laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol Is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, Ayear whose days are long.

-Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'FlahertieWills
  The Ballad of Reading Gaol, pt.5, stanza1.