Gold can gild a rotten stick, and dirt sully an ingot.

The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well kept, since the rich keep the feasts and the poor the fasts.

As the fertilest ground, must be manured, so must the highest flying wit have a Daedalus to guide him.

It is cruelty in war that buyeth conquest.

Many delight more in giving of presents than in paying their debts.

The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.

Who will adhere to him that abandons himself?