Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.

That which costs little is less valued.

Though Gods attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.

But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his back.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.