For there is one thing I can safely say: that those bound by love must obey each other if they are to keep company long. Love will not be constrained by mastery; when mastery comes, the God of love at once beats his wings, and farewell he is gone. Love is a thing as free as any spirit; women naturally desire liberty, and not to be constrained like slaves; and so do men, if I shall tell the truth.
What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing. - Geoffrey Chaucer
What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Great peace is found in little busy-ness. - Geoffrey Chaucer
Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
All good things must come to an end. - Geoffrey Chaucer
All good things must come to an end.
The guilty think all talk is of themselves. - Geoffrey Chaucer
The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation. - Geoffrey Chaucer
The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people. - Geoffrey Chaucer
The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
Truth is the highest thing that man may keep. - Geoffrey Chaucer
Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
Time and tide wait for no man. - Geoffrey Chaucer
Time and tide wait for no man.
Many a true word is spoken in jest - Geoffrey Chaucer
Many a true word is spoken in jest
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