I asked the smith what news? He told me that there was no news that…

And who cannot but remember, That Religion, Liberty and Property were all lost and gone, when the Monarchy was shaken off, and could never be reviv'd till that was restored.

He had been, he said, an unconscionable time dying; but he hoped that they would excuse it.

If we are understood, more words are unnecessary; if we are not likely to be understood, they are useless.

I told him, that if that rogue were taken he deserved to be hanged, more than all the rest, for bringing in the Scots. Upon which he said, that I spoke like an honest man, and so we parted.

we had not gone two hours on our way but the mare I rode on cast a shoe

Let not poor Nelly starve.