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The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.
'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.
Health is just not valued until illness comes.
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.
'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.
A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife.
If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.
The worse the passage the more welcome the port.
Charity begins at home, but should not end there.
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.
It is the property of fools to be always judging.
Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.
He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.
It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.
A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
Serving one's own passions is the greatest slavery.
Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.
One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.
Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.
A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.
It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.
He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.
Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night.
Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.
There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.
There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.
A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.
Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.
If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.
If you have one true friend you have more than your share.
We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.
He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.
He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none.
Dr. Thomas Fuller wrote: "With foxes, we must play the fox".
He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.
Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.
He does not believe that does not live according to his belief.
Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.
A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.
Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.
A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.
Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.