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