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