God comes at last when we think he is farthest off.

The fangs of a bear, and the tusks of a wild boar, do not bite worse and make deeper gashes than a goose-quill sometimes; no, not even the badger himself, who is said to be so tenacious of his bite that he will not give over his hold till he feels his teeth meet and the bones crack.

Fly and you will catch the swallow.

All we can do is be better prepared today than yesterday and better prepared tomorrow than today.

The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.

Little sins are pioneers of hell.

One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.