Easter, so longed for, is gone in a day.
Owe money at Easter and Lent will seem short to thee.
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.
Apelles used to paint a good housewife on a snail, to import that she home-keeping.
Words and works eat not at one table.
Good wine makes good blood, good blood causeth good humors, good humors cause good thoughts, good thoughts bring forth good works, good works carry a man to heaven, ergo, good wine carrieth a man to heaven.