Ful wys is he that kan hymselven knowe.

How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.

'My lige lady, generally,' quod he, 'Wommen desyren to have sovereyntee As well over hir housbond as hir love.'

Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean.

Ful wys is he that kan hymselven knowe.

If a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn't marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly marry.

Time and tide wait for no man.