The fool wanders, a wise man travels. |
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. |
A good horse should be seldom spurred. |
A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time. |
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. |
Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune. |
There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart. |
One that would have the fruit must climb the tree. |
Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night. |
'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it. |
Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves. |
Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after. |
Scalded cats fear even cold water. |
Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money. |
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present. |
He does not believe who does not live according to his belief. |
Bad excuses are worse than none. |
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil. |
Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them. |
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully. |