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