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