Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.

We must not stand upon trifles.

I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.

Let us forget and forgive injuries.

The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts.

Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable

It is not the responsibility of knights errant to discover whether the afflicted, the enchained and the oppressed whom they encounter on the road are reduced to these circumstances and suffer this distress for their vices, or for their virtues: the knight's sole responsibility is to succour them as people in need, having eyes only for their sufferings, not for their misdeeds.