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