The Past Cannot Be Cured.

There Is Small Disproportion Betwixt A Fool Who Useth Not Wit Because He Hath It Not And Him That Useth It Not When It Should Avail Him.

If Our Web Be Framed With Rotten Handles, When Our Loom Is Well Nigh Done, Our Work Is New To Begin. God Send The Weaver True Prentices Again, And Let Them Be Denizens.

There Is A Close Tie Of Affection Between Sovereigns And Their Subjects; And As Chaste Wives Should Have No Eyes But For Their Husbands, So Faithful Liegemen Should Keep Their Regards At Home And Not Look After Foreign Crowns. For My Part I Like Not For My Sheep To Wear A Stranger's Mark Nor To Dance After A Foreigner's Whistle.

If There Were Two Princes In Christendom Who Had Good Will And Courage, It Would Be Very Easy To Reconcile The Religious Difficulties; There Is Only One Jesus Christ And One Faith, And All The Rest Is A Dispute Over Trifles.

Do Not Tell Secrets To Those Whose Faith And Silence You Have Not Already Tested.