He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them

All doors open to courtesy

Birth is the beginning of death

Eaten bread is soon forgotten.

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.

Virtue is the only true nobility.

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...

Enquire not what boils in another’s pot

What cannot be altered must be borne, not blamed.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.

Unschuld ist kein Schutz.

He that plants trees loves others besides himself.

Old foxes want no tutors.

Scalded cats fear even cold water.

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

He that travels much knows much.

He injures a fair lady that beholds her not

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm

He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first

He that spares the bad injures the good

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

A good archer is not known by his arrows but his aim

He teaches me to be good that does me good.

A young trooper should have an old horse

Good is not good, when better is expected.

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship

He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most

‘Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.

God makes, and apparel shapes; but it’s money that finishes the man.

If you command wisely, you’ll be obeyed cheerfully.

Good bargains are pick-pockets

Tis better to suffer wrong than do it

One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.

The more wit the less courage.

Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will drop out of it. Take heed of a gluttonous curiosity to feed on many things, lest the greediness of the...

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

Bad excuses are worse than none

A stumble may prevent a fall.