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.
One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.
Feed sparingly and defy the physician.
Words and works eat not at one table.
This life at best is but an inn, and we the passengers.
We are saved from nothing if we are not saved from sin.