Geoffrey Chaucer

"The greatest virtue is to speak the truth and operate with honor."

"Love is the greatest thing that God has bestowed upon mankind."

"Time and tide wait for no man."

"Knowledge is power."

"What is better than wisdom? Woman. What is better than a good woman? Nothing."

"For love will make a man do strange things."

"The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne."

"Where as a man hath been in such meschief, him liste nat to laughe."

"A man may not wive and thrive both in a year."

"For love of God, do this for charity."

"Youth is impatient and does not bide."

"Death is the end of all."

"Infinite was his reading, yet he learned little."

"He was a verray parfit gentil knight."

"The smiler with the knife under the cloke."

"In alle this world ne was ther noon hym lyk."

"What more can any man desire than to be held in honor?"

"Friendshipe nyl nat go in to the hous of a wretch."

"Love maketh all heavy heart light."

"Patience is a high virtue."

"The Canterbury Tales teach us about human nature in all its forms."

"Good deeds are never lost; they serve as seeds for goodness."

"A woman of small price hath but small value."

"He knew not Paris from Pount-de-Charture."

"For certes, he is worthy to have praise."

"In this world is ther non assurance."

"Love is the greatest healer of all wounds."

"The tale is at an end."

"Whoso hath this world in his possession, hath ynough."

"For the metre is difficult allway, sayde the Knight."