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