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