We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come–as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.
Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.
Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.
He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
A fox should not be of the jury at a goose’s trial.
It’s madness the sheep to talk peace with the wolf
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
He that fears not the future may enjoy the present.
Light God’s eldest daughter is a principal beauty in a building.
Tender-handed stroke a nettle and it stings you for your pains Grasp it like a man of mettle and it soft as silk remains.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He who is afraid of every nettle should not piss in the grass.
The number of malefactors authorizes not the crime.
It is always darkest just before .the day dawneth.
My son is my son till he have got him a wife But my daughter’s my daughter all the days of her life.
He that’s cheated twice by the same man is an accomplice with the cheater.
He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.
If your desires be endless your cares and fears will be so too.
Many have been the wise speeches of fools though not so many as the foolish speeches of wise men.
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself for every man has need to be forgiven.
Better a little fire to warm us than a great one to burn us.
There is no banquet but some dislike something in it.
If your desires be endless your cares and fears will be so too.
He is not poor that hath not much but he that craves much.
Be a friend to thyself and others will be so too.
We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
No man can be happy without a friend nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.
Better fare hard with good men than feast with bad.
A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools.
Be a friend to thyself and others will be so too.
If you run after two hares you will catch neither.
One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.
Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.
He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.
The devil gets up to the belfry by the vicar’s skirts.
He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing.
Hope is one of the principal springs that keep mankind in motion.
He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most.
A fox should not be on the jury at a goose’s trial.
Better give a shilling than lend and lose half a crown.
An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
Keep thy eyes wide open before marriage and half shut afterward.
That which is bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.
Be the business never so painful you may have it done for money.
God makes and apparel shapes: but it’s money that finishes the man.
We can live without our friends but not without our neighbors.
Send your noble blood to market and see what it will bring.
Comparison more than reality makes men happy or wretched.
He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it.
Those see nothing but faults that seek for nothing else.
He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.
Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
A fox should not be of the jury at a goose’s trial.
Pride perceiving humility honourable often borrows her cloak.
Pride had rather go out of the way than go behind.
The pleasures of the rich are bought with the tears of the poor.
He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.
He that falls into sin is a man that grieves at it is a saint that boasteth of it is a devil.
He that fears not the future may enjoy the present.
It is better to have a hen tomorrow than an egg today.
Trust thyself only and another shall not betray thee.
The weakest and most timorous are the most revengeful and implacable.
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
Don’t let your will roar when your power only whispers.
Men never think their fortunes too great nor their wit too little.
There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.
Light, God’s eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.
Don’t let your will roar when your power only whispers.
If you command wisely, you’ll be obeyed cheerfully.
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself for every man has need to be forgiven.
If you have one true friend you have more than your share.
There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.
One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.
An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.
Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched.
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.
If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.