The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
He that loveth God will do diligence to please God by his works, and abandon himself, with all his might, well for to do.
With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
Who then may trust the dice, at Fortune's throw?
Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean.