Fly not, cowards and vile beings, for a single knight attacks you.

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

Nor has his death the world deceiv'd than his wondrous life surprise d; if he like a madman liv'd least he like a wise one dy'd.

By God and upon my conscience, said the devil, I never observed it, for my mind is occupied with so many different things that I was forgetting the main thing I came about. This demon must be an honest fellow and a good Christian, said Sancho; for if he wasn't he wouldn't swear by God and his conscience; I feel sure now there must be good souls even in hell itself.

Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world

Honesty is the best policy, I will stick to that. The good shall have my hand and heart, but the bad neither foot nor fellowship. And in my mind, the main point of governing, is to make a good beginning.