1. “Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.”
2. “Health is not valued till sickness comes.”
3. “If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.”
4. “A stumble may prevent a fall.”
5. “Serving one’s own passions is the greatest slavery.”
6. “All comand patience, but non can endure to suffer.”
7. “The fool wanders, a wise man travels.”
8. “Vows made in storm are forgotten in calm.”
9. “Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.”
10. “Great hopes make great men.”
11. “Friendship multiply joys and divide griefs.”
12. “The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.”
13. “Unreasonable kindness gets no thanks.”
14. “He that hopes no good fears no ill.”
15. “A book that is shut is but a block.”
16. “We have all forgot more than we remember.”
17. “Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.”
18. “Despair gives courage to a coward.”
19. “If you command wisely, you’ll be obeyed cheerfully.”
20. “The more wit the less courage.”
21. “He that travels much knows much.”
22. “Abused patience turns to fury.”
23. “If you have one true friend you have more than you share.”
24. “A wise man turns chance into good fortune.”
25. “Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.”
