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