Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.

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

Old foxes want no tutors.

Abused patience turns to fury.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

All doors open to courtesy.

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

A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them, the better they be.

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

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.

Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves.

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

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