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