A few instances of γνῶμαι may be given from Massinger; his debt to Shakspere will be clear:
Fatal Dowry, I., 1, 20:
There is a minute
When a man's presence speaks in his own cause
More than the tongues of twenty advocates.
Guardian, I., 1, 241:
For a flying foe
Discreet and provident conquerors build up
A bridge of gold.
Guardian, IV., 1, 99:
O dear madam,
We are all the balls of time, toss'd to and fro,
From the plough unto the throne, and back again;
Under the swing of destiny mankind suffers.
(Cf. Plautus' Captivi, Prologue, 22, “Enimvero di nos quasi pilas homines habent;” Pericles, II., 1, 63; and The Duchess of Malfi, p. 99a; Parliament of Bees, char, vii.)
Bashful Lover, IV., 1, 69:
Fortune rules all;
We are her tennis-balls.