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