"The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne, Th'assay so hard, so sharp the conquerynge."

"The firste vertu, sone, if thou wolt lere, Is to restreyne and kepe wel thy tonge."

"Now, good men, God forgive you your trespass, and keep you from the Sin of avarice! Mine holy pardons will save you, if you do give me gold or silver, or else brooches, spoons or rings"

"A clerk, that was of Oxenford also, / Unto the world as in a cloystre he go."

"The smalest worm that crepeth by the weye, Is in his kynde as parfit as the grete."