Better reap two days too soon than one day too late
A wise man changes his mind, a fool never does.
Freedom and liberty should not be sold for all the gold and silver in the world.
A hungry man is an angry man
God help the rich, the poor can look after themselves
Better bow than break.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
Cursing the weather is not good farming
A king's word must stand.
Hew not too high, lest the chips fall in thine eye.
Everyone must row with the oars he has.
A foolish covenant ought not to be held.
A friend in court is better than money in your purse.
Better take counsel early than repent late.
Counsel passes all things to him which thinketh to be a king.
Drunkenness excuseth no vice.
Fair speech breaks never bone.
Freedom is a noble thing.
Gifts can incline great hearts.
Good counsel is good for him that will do thereafter.
He that does evil hates the light.
If a king goes astray the common people pay for the sin.
In court a man must sail after every wind.
In every extreme there is vice and not virtue.
Barry Goldwater's quotation repudiating this principle was one of the critical points of the presidential campaign of 1964.
In prosperity remember adversity.
Many without punishment, but none without sin.
Men should give enemies leisure to flee.
Men's common guise is always to lay the burden on some other back.
Our sovereign lord is above his laws.
This concept was later formalized in British law. See Blackstone.
Peace makes plenty.
Tell never thy counsel to thy foe.
