It is nought good a sleping hound to wake..

Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and liv….

Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry….

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

In the stars is written the death of every man..

Time and tide wait for no man..

The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people..

Strike while the iron is hot..

The guilty think all talk is of themselves..

The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears..

If a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn't marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly….

Many small make a great..

Mercy surpasses justice..

And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other..

All good things must come to an end..

How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination..

Great peace is found in little busy-ness..

What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing..

Forbid us something, and that thing we desire..

The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation..

Truth is the highest thing that man may keep..