Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.

The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach.

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

They must take me for a fool, or even worse, a lunatic. And no wonder ,for I am so intensely conscious of my misfortune and my misery is so overwhelming that I am powerless to resist it and am being turned into stone, devoid of all knowledge or feeling.

God helps everyone with what is his own.

Woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.

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