Eighteenth century taverns generally had one main area, the taproom, for eating and drinking. They usually had signs with prices and clever sayings which often censured credit. Some samples: “[M]y liquor’s good, my measure just, but honest sirs I will not trust.” Or, “I’ve trusted many to my sorrow. Pay today, I’ll trust tomorrow.”
- Jim West on New England ordinaries in Drinking With Calvin And Luther! A History of Alcohol In The Church]