It is nought good a sleping hound to wake.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
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.
Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be, That may bothe werke wel and hastily.
The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.