Be you never so high the law is above you.

A small demerit extinguishes a long service.

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

Men never think their fortune too great, nor their wit too little.

Wisdom rises upon the ruins of folly.

He is no wise man that cannot play the fool upon occasion.

They that marry ancient people, merely in expectation to bury them, hang themselves in hope that one will come and cut the halter.

A willing mind makes a light foot.

Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites.

Rich men feel misfortunes that fly over poor men’s heads.