Now, blessings light on him that first invented sleep!Ê It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot.Ê It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap, and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even.

Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes.

The ass will carry his load, but not a double load; ride not a free horse to death.

That which costs little is less valued.

All sorrows are less with bread.

God helps everyone with what is his own.

For the army is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and the generous prodigal; miserly soldiers are like monsters, but very rarely seen.