“An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told.”

“Plain and not honest is too harsh a style.”

“Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste, That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.”

“There are no tricks in plain and simple faith.”

“I wish my horse had the speed of your tongue.”

“They say best men are molded out of faults,And, for the most, become much more the betterFor being a little bad”

“O, love's best habit is in seeming trust, And age in love loves not to have years told: Therefore I lie with her and she with me, And in our faults by lies we flatter'd be.”