Geoffrey Chaucer

Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean. ”

Love is blind. ”

The life so short, the crafts so long to learn. ”

By nature, men love newfangledness. ”

Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity. ”

Time and tide wait for no man. ”

People can die of mere imagination. ”

There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily. ”