For to enter the palace of learning at the great gate requires an expense of time and forms, therefore men of much haste and little ceremony are content to get in by the back-door

Fools are apt to imitate only the defects of their betters.

Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.

Two women seldom grow intimate but at the expense of a third person.

Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is once past, there is no recalling it.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.