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.

There is no useful rule without an exception

A good garden may have some weeds.

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings

Prospect is often better than possession.

‘Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.

All doors open to courtesy.

It’s madness the sheep to talk peace with the wolf

It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.

A good garden may have some weeds

What reason and endeavor cannot bring about, often time will

Light (God’s eldest daughter) is a principal beauty in building.

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.