Hunger never saw bad bread.

Eat to live, and not live to eat.

He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly need not be rich.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

There's small revenge in words, but words may be greatly revenged.

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

God helps them that help themselves.

He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices.

He that falls in love with himself, will have no rivals.

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

The poor have little, beggars none; the rich too much, enough not one.

There are lazy minds as well as lazy bodies.

Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.

They who have nothing to be troubled at will be troubled at nothing.

The world is full of fools and faint hearts, and yet every one has courage enough to hear the misfortunes, and the wisdom enough to manage the affairs of his neighbour.

If you'd have it done, go: If not, send.

What you would seem to be, be really.

Tart words make no friends: A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

Make haste slowly.

God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.

He's a fool that cannot conceal his wisdom.

No gains without pains.

When the well's dry, we know the worth of water.

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine.

A good example is the best sermon.

If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.

Most fools think they are only ignorant.

Wise men learn by others harms; fools by their own.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

All would live long, but none would be old.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Little strokes, fell great oaks.

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife.

For want of a nail the shoe is lost; for want of a shoe, the horse is lost; for want of a horse the rider is lost.

Old boys have their playthings as well as the young ones; the difference is only in the price.

Haste makes waste.

Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service, and therefore the more generally chosen.

A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can scarce ever be spent.

There was never a good knife made of bad steel.

When you taste honey, remember gall.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

A wise man will desire no more, than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribure cheerfully, and leave contentedly.

Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him.

Men take more pains to mask than mend.

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

He that's content, hath enough; he that complains, has too much.