Men are too often harsh with women they love or have loved; women with men. And yet these harshnesses are tenderness itself when compared with the universal harshness out of which they grow; the harshness of the position towards the temperament, of the means towards the aims, of to-day towards yesterday, of hereafter towards to-day

Sight is about what lies right in front of us. Vision is what lies ahead

When thou shewest Respect to any one, see that thy Submissions be proportionable to the Homage thou owest him. There is Stupidity and Pride in doing too little; but in over acting of it, there is Abjection and Hypocrisy

If any one giveth thee excessive Praises more than can handsomely belong to thee, thou art to think of him, that he taketh thee for vain and credulous, and easy to be deceived, and effectually a Fool

Unschuld ist kein Schutz

Custom is the Guide of the Ignorant

Men apt to promise, are apt to forget

Nothing costs so much as what is given us

A forced kindness deserves no thanks

Tis better for thee to be wise and not seem so, than to seem wise and not be so: Yet Men, for the most Part, desire and endeavor the contrary

Thou mayst as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. Too much overcharges nature, and turns more into disease than nourishment. ‘Tis thought and digestion which make books serviceable, and give health and vigor to the mind

Great is the difference betwixt a man’s being frightened at, and humbled for his sins

Always tell the Truth : where it is not loved, it is respected and feared

Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth

Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all

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 ours

Danger past, God is forgotten

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer

Praise makes good Men better, and bad Men worse

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

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all

Few are fit to be entrusted with themselves

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough

A fox should not be on the jury at a goose’s trial.

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery

He that hopes no good fears no ill

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

The devil lies brooding in the miser’s chest

A good friend is my nearest relation

Light, God’s eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building

There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart

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

He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none

We have all forgot more than we remember

Cruelty is a tyrant that’s always attended with fear

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

Eaten bread is forgotten

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire

He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it

The more wit the less courage

A good horse should be seldom spurred

A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him

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

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness

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

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it

A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into

Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them

You gazed at the moon and fell in the gutter

If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse

Govern thy life and thy thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest

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

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.

With devotion’s visage and pious action we do sugar o’er the devil himself

Scalded cats fear even cold water

He’s my friend that speaks well of me behind my back

Abused patience turns to fury

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

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved

He that travels much knows much

The worse the passage the more welcome the port

If you command wisely, you’ll be obeyed cheerfully

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

In fair weather prepare for foul

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time

Despair gives courage to a coward

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye

A good garden may have some weeds

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

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved

He that travels much knows much.

The worse the passage the more welcome the port

If you command wisely, you’ll be obeyed cheerfully

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved

In fair weather prepare for foul.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night

A few books well chosen, and well made use of will be more profitable than a great confused Alexandrian library

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea

With foxes we must play the fox

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician

Bad excuses are worse than none

All doors open to courtesy

A book that is shut is but a block

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

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break

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

Serving one’s own passions is the greatest slavery

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

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

Friendships multiply joys and divide griefs

Good clothes open all doors

He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse

It is the property of fools to be always judging

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there

Get the facts, or the facts will get you

Great hopes make great men

A stumble may prevent a fall

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

The noblest revenge is to forgive

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men

A fool’s paradise is a wise man’s hell

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry

Health is not valued till sickness comes

It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.

All things are difficult before they are easy