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“Pride will spit in pride's face.”
“'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.”
“He that travels much knows much.”
“Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.”
“A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.”
“Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.”
“If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.”
“Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.”
“Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.”
“An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.”
“He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none.”
“Scalded cats fear even cold water.”
“A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.”
“Old foxes want no tutors.”
“There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.”
“Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all.”
“Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.”
“We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.”
“If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.”
“If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.”