"[He] spread his bread with all sorts of butter, yet none would stick thereon."

"Yet true it is, as cow chews cud And trees at spring do yield forth bud, Except wind stands as never it stood, It is …"

"Dry sun, dry wind; Safe bind, safe find."

"Hast thou a Friend, as heart may wish at will? Then use him so, to have his friendship still. Would'st have a Friend,…"

"To death we must stoop, be we high, be we low, But how and how suddenly few be that know -, What carry we then but a …"

"God sendeth and giveth both mouth and the meat."

"At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year."

"Such mistress, such Nan, Such master, such man."

"Who goeth a borrowing Goeth a sorrowing."

"'Tis merry in hall Where beards wag all."