Mellow nuts have the hardest rind.
Certainly," quoth Athelstane, "women are the least to be trusted of all animals, monks and abbots excepted.
A few drops sprinkled on the torch of love make the flame blaze the brighter.
Hurry no man's cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself
If a faultless poem could be produced, I am satisfied it would tire the critics themselves; and annoy the whole reading world with the spleen.
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.