To long for that which comes not. To lie a-bed and sleep not. To serve well and please not. To have a horse that goes not. To have a man obeys not. T….

Poverty is no vice, but an inconvenience..

From the physician and lawyer keep not the truth hidden..

One hand washeth another, both the face. [Lat., Una mano lava l'altra, ed ambedue lavano il volto.].

Night is the mother of thoughts..

Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born..

If you will be a traveler, have always two bags very full. That is one of patience and another of money..

Wisdom sails with wind and time..

Who hath not served can not command..

Praise the sea; on shore remain..

Fish marreth the water, and flesh doth dress it.

Who has not served cannot command..

A good husband makes a good wife..

Be circumspect how you offend schollers, for knowe, a serpent tooth bites not so ill, as dooth a schollers angrie quill..

Patience is the best medicine..

England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses..

For proverbs are the pith, the proprieties, the proofs, the purities, the elegancies, as the commonest so the commendablest phrases of a language. To….

A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple..