 Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye. |
| Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building. |
| We have all forgot more than we remember. |
| Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth. |
| He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none. |
| Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak. |
| No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy. |
| He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it. |
| He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much. |
| All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. |
| 'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship. |
| An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. |
| Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins. |
| If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse. |
| He is poor indeed that can promise nothing. |
| If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf. |
| It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame. |
| If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. |
| With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself. |
| If you have one true friend you have more than your share. |
