Careful Words

stable (n.)

stable (v.)

stable (adj.)

When the steede is stolne, shut the stable durre.

John Heywood (Circa 1565): Proverbes. Part i. Chap. x.

  This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774): The Good-Natured Man. Act i.