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