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