And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach
And when a beest is deed, he hath no peyne; But man after his deeth moot wepe and pleyne.
Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
Men love newfangleness.
He loved chivalrye Trouthe and honour, freedom and curteisye.
He who accepts his poverty unhurt I'd say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.