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