He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself for every man has need to be forgiven.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.
If thou art a master, be sometimes blind if a servant, sometimes deaf.
Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.
Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.
If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.
The more wit the less courage.
It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.
He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.
He that hopes no good fears no ill.
Abused patience turns to fury.
Scalded cats fear even cold water.
Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.
Despair gives courage to a coward.
There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.
'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.
Better be alone than in bad company.
One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.
Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.
Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
Health is not valued till sickness comes.
Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth.
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
In fair weather prepare for foul.
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.
There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.
Great hopes make great men.
A good garden may have some weeds.
Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.
Change of weather is the discourse of fools.
A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife.
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.
If you have one true friend you have more than your share.
If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.
Charity begins at home, but should not end there.
Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.