“It's no use crying over spilt milkWhats done, is done.”

“Could any State on Earth Immortall be,Venice by Her rare Goverment is She;Venice Great Neptunes Minion, still a Mayd,Though by the warrlikst Potentats assayed;Yet She retaines Her Virgin-waters pur...”

“One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.”

“The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.”

“He that hath the name to be an early riser may sleep till noon.”

“After rain comes fair weather.”

“Promise was like a precious stone, she told me: hypnotising, but after a while the weight of it could sink you.”

“Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah.”

“Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.”