There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.
A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
The more wit the less courage.
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.
Care and diligence bring luck.
Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.
Good is not good, where better is expected.
He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most.
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
If you have one true friend you have more than your share.
Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.
That which is bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.
The mob has many heads but no brains.
A forced kindness deserves no thanks
The number of malefactors authorizes not the crime.
A small demerit extinguishes a long service.
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.
Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.