The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.

Does the devil possess you? You're leaping over the hedge before you come at the stile.

I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.

And thus being totally preoccupied, he rode so slowly that the sun was soon glowing with such intense heat that it would have melted his brains, if he'd had any.

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.

He that gives quickly gives twice.