There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue
Princes have big ears which hear far and near.
One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.
Of myself I must say this, I never was any greedy, scraping grasper, nor a strait fast-holding prince, nor yet a master; my heart was never set on worldly goods, but only for my subjects' good.
A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.
For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom without the health and safety of a good monarch.