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