I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.

If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all--both old and young.

How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?

The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can't get it back; it's bald in the back of the head and never turns around.

Ha! for a divine and lordly manor, there is nothing like solid ground.

A crier of green sauce.

A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tun(der).