Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

Old Testament: Deuteronomy xxviii. 5.

  It is the part of a wise man to keep himself to-day for to-morrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.

Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616): Don Quixote. Part i. Book iii. Chap. ix.

  What a taking was he in when your husband asked who was in the basket!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iii. Sc. 3.