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