Careful Words

porridge (n.)

  Spare your breath to cool your porridge.

Martin Luther (1483-1546): Works. Book v. Chapter xxviii.

  Spare your breath to cool your porridge.

Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616): Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. v.

  I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine; every man for himself, and God for us all.

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