Again I entered my smithy to work and forge something from the noble material of time past.

- Jean Froissart

This means that they are bound by law and custom to plough the fields of their masters, harvest the corn, gather it into barns, and thresh and winnow…

- Jean Froissart

They [the English] amuse themselves sadly as in the custom of their country. [Fr., Ils s'amusaient tristement selon la contume de leur pays.]

- Jean Froissart

Nothing in the world is as certain as death.

- Jean Froissart