Better a tooth out than always aching.

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We have all forgot more than we remember

We have all forgot more than we remember

God makes, and apparel shapes: but it's money that finishes the man.

God makes, and apparel shapes: but it's money that finishes the man.

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night

Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after.

Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after.

All doors open to courtesy

All doors open to courtesy

A book that is shut is but a block.

A book that is shut is but a block.

Be a friend to thyself and others will too

Be a friend to thyself and others will too

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

With foxes we must play the fox.

With foxes we must play the fox.

God, give me a rich husband though he be an ass

God, give me a rich husband though he be an ass

'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.

'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will...

Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will...

Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.

Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally...

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally...

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

If you have one true friend, you have more than your share.

If you have one true friend, you have more than your share.

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an...

There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an...

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.