Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
Science stands, a too competant servant, behind her wrangling underbred masters, holding out resources, devices, and remedies they are too stupid to use. ... And on its material side, a modern Utopia must needs present these gifts as taken.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
I had rather ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.