The rattling thunderbolt hath but his clap, the lightning but his flash, and as they both come in a moment, so do they both end in a minute.

If you will be cherished when you are old, be courteous while you be young.

Lette me stande to the maine chance.

Long quaffing maketh a short lyfe.

He that comes in print because he would be known, is like the fool that comes into the market because he would be seen.

I have ever thought so superstitiously of wit, that I fear I have committed idolatry against wisdom.

For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots.