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