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