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