The month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit; for like as herbs and trees bring forth fruit and flourish in May, in likewise every lusty heart that is in any manner a lover, springeth and flourisheth in lusty deeds. For it giveth unto all lovers courage, that lusty month of May.

And much more am I sorrier for my good knights' loss than for the loss of my fair queen; for queens I might have enough, but such a fellowship of good knights shall never be together in no company.

Enough is as good as a feast.

We shall now seek that which we shall not find

The sweetness of love is short-lived, but the pain endures.

With that truncheon thou hast slain a good knight, and now it sticketh in thy body.

The very purpose of a knight is to fight on behalf of a lady.