But woe awaits a country when She sees the tears of bearded men.

Ridicule, the weapon of all others most feared by enthusiasts of every description, and which from its predominance over such minds, often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble.

Hurry no man's cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself

True love's the gift which God has given to man alone beneath the heaven.

It is the privilege of tale-tellers to open their story in an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers, and where the humour of each displays itself, without ceremony or restraint.

Certainly," quoth Athelstane, "women are the least to be trusted of all animals, monks and abbots excepted.

Never was flattery lost on a poet's ear; a simple race, they waste their toil for the vain tribute of a smile.