Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.

Urgent necessity prompts many to do things.

But do not give it to a lawyer's clerk to write, for they use a legal hand that Satan himself will not understand.

He that will not when he may, When he would, he should have nay.

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

Arms are my ornaments, warfare my repose.