'My lige lady, generally,' quod he, 'Wommen desyren to have sovereyntee As well over hir housbond as hir love.'
Fie on possession, But if a man be vertuous withal.
If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I'd guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
We little know the things for which we pray.
Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet wole he heve up his leg and make a countenance to pisse.