Good looks buy nothing in the market. He who will be his own mafter often hath a fool for his scholar. That man is well bought who cofts you but a compliment. The greatest king muft at last go to bed with a fhovel or spade. He only truly lives who lives in peace. If wife men never erred, it would go hard with the fool. Great virtue feldom defcends. One wife (in marriage) and two happy. Almfgiving never made any man poor, nor robbery rich, nor profperity wife. A fool and his money are foon parted. Fear of hell is the true valour of a christian. For ill do well, then fear not hell. The best thing in this world is to live above it. Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth. A thousand pounds and a bottle of hay, One pair of heels is fometimes worth two pair of hands. 'Tis good fleeping in a whole skin. Enough is as good as a feaft. A fool's bolt is foon fhot. All is well that ends well. He who hath an ill name is half-hanged. A friend's frown is better than a fool's fmile. The eafieft work and way is, To beware. If the best man's faults were written in his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes. A man may be great by chance; but never wife, or good, without taking pains for it. Succefs makes a fool feem wife. All worldly joys go lefs To that one joy of doing kindneffes. What fools fay doth not much trouble wife men. Money is a good fervant, but an ill mafter. Pleafure gives law to fools, God to the wife. He lives indeed who lives not to himself alone. Good to begin well, better to end well. There would be no ill language if it were not ill taken. Industry is fortune's right-hand, and frugality is her left. We fhall lie all alike in our graves. When flatterers meet, the devil goes to dinner. 'Tis a fmall family that hath neither a thief nor an harlot in it. To give and to keep there is need of wit. A man never furfeits of too much honefty. Honour and ease are seldom bedfellows. Thofe husbands are in heaven whose wives do not chide. He can want nothing who hath God for his friend. Young men's knocks old men feel. He who is poor when he is married, fhall be rich when he is buried. Of all tame beats, I hate fluts. Giving much to the poor doth increase a man's store. That is my good that doth me good. An idle brain is the devil's fhop. God fend us fomewhat of our own when rich men go to dinner. Let your purfe ftill be your mafter. Young men think old men fools; bat old men know that young men are fools. Wit once bought is worth twice taught. A wife head makes a clofe mouth. All foolish fancies are bought much too dear. Women's and children's wishes are the aim and happiness of the more weak men. Ignorance is better than pride with greater knowledge. The charitable man gives out at the door, and Ged puts in at the window. Every man is a fool where he hath not confidered or thought. He who angers others is not himself at ease. He dies like a beaft who hath done no good while he lived. Heaven is not to be had by men's barely wishing for it. Patch and long fit, build and foon flit. One hour's fleep before midnight is worth two hours fleep after it. Wranglers never want words. Idle lazy folks have moft labour. Knavery may ferve a turn, but honefty is beft at the long-run. A quick landlord makes a careful tenant. Welcome is the best chear. I will keep no more cats than what will catch mice. Reprove others, but correct thy felf. Plarting Planting of trees is England's old thrift. It is more painful to do nothing than fomething. Any thing for a quiet life. 'Tis great folly to want when we have it, and when we have it not too. Fly pleasure, and it will follow thee. God's Providence is the fureft and beft inheritance. That is not good language which all understand not. Much better lose a jeft than a friend. He that hath fome land must have some labour. Shew me a lyar, and I will fhew you a thief. We must wink at fmall faults. Keep your fhop, and your fhop will keep you. Every one fhould fweep before his own door. Much coin ufually much care. Good take-heed doth always fpeed. He who gets doth much, but he who keeps doth more. A pound of gold is better than an ounce of honour. We think lawyers to be wife men, and they know us to be fools. Eaten bread is foon forgotten. whither goeft thou? and, Penny, when wilt thou come again? "Tis worse to be an ill man than to be thought to be one. A fool comes alway fhort of his reckoning. Α young faint an old faint; and a young devil an old devil. Wit is folly unless a wife man hath the keeping of it. Knowledge of God and of ourselves is the mother of true devotion, and the perfection of wisdom. Afflictions are fent us from God for our good. Confeffion of a fault makes half amends. Every man can tame a fhrew but he who hath her. "Tis better to die poor than to live poor. Plain dealing is a jewel; but he who ufeth it will die a beggar. Honour bought is temporal fimony. Live, and let live, i.e. be a kind landlord. Children are certain cares, but very uncertain comforts. Giving begets love, lending ufually lef-. fens it. He is the wife, who is the honest man. When you fee your friend, trust to your will or humour. felf. Let my friend tell my tale. Mention not a rope in the house of one whofe father was hanged. Speak the truth and fhame the devil. God help the fool, quoth Pedly. (AnIdeot.) Lend, and lofe my money; fo play fools. Early to go to bed, and then early to rife, makes men more holy, more healthy, wealthy, and wife. Anger dies foon with a wife and good man. He who will not be counfelled, cannot be helped. God hath provided no remedy for wilful obftinacy. All vice infatuates, and corrupts the judgment. He who converfes with nobody, knows nothing. There is no fool to the old fool. A good wife makes a good hufband. 'Tis much better to be thought a fool, than to be a knave. One fool makes many. Penny, whence cameft thou? Penny, Wit is a fine thing in a wife man's hand. Speak not of my debts except you mean to pay them. Words inftruct, but examples perfuad effectually. He who lives in hopes dies a fool. Live fo as you do mean to die. Better unborn than untaught. If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains: if well, the pains do fade, the joy a man's own reafon over his paffions and follies. Religion hath true lafting joys; weigh all, and fo If any thing have more, or fuch, let heaven go. Whatever good thou doft, give God the praise; Who both the power and will firft gave to thee. § 152. Old Italian Proverbs. He who ferves God hath the beft mafter in the world. Where God is there nothing is wanting. No man is greater in truth than he is in God's efteem. He hath a good judgment who doth not rely on his own. Wealth is not his who gets it, but his who enjoys it. He who converfes with nobody, is either a brute or an angel. Go not over the water where you cannot fee the bottom. He who lives diforderly one year, doth not enjoy himself for five years after. Friendships are cheap, when they are to be bought with pulling off your hat. Speak well of your friend, of your enemy neither well nor ill. The friendship of a great man is a lion at the next door. The money you refufe will never do you good. A beggar's wallet is a mile to the bottom. I once had, is a poor man. There are a great many affes without long ears. An iron anvil fhould have a hammer of feathers. He keeps his road well enough who gets rid of bad company. You tre in debt, and run in farther; if you are not a lyar yet, you will be one. The best hrow upon the dice is to throw them away. Tis horribly dangerous to fleep near the ates of hell. He who thinks to cheat anoher, cheats himself moft. Giving is going a fhing. Too much profperity makes moft mn fools. Dead men open the eyes of the livig. No man's head akes while he corforts another. Bold and fhameless me are mafters of half the world. Every one hath enough to do to govern himself well He who is an afs, and takes himtlf to be a ftag, when he comes to leap the ditch finds his miftake. Praife doth wife man good, but a fool harm. No foner is a law made, but an evafion o it is found out. He who gives fair words, feeds you with an empty fpoon. Three things coft dear; the careffes of a dog, the love of a mifs, and the in'vitation of an hoft. Hunger never fails of a good cook. A man is valued as he makes imfelf valuable. Three littles make a man rich on a fudden; little wit, little fhame, and little honefty. He who hath good health is a rich man, and doth not know it. Give a wife man a hint, and he will do the business well enough. A bad agreement is better than a good law-fuit. The best watering is that which comes from heaven. When your neighbour's houfe is on fire carry water to your your own. Spare diet and no trouble keep a man in good health. He that will have no trouble in this world muft not be born in it. The maid is fuch as fhe is bred, and tow as it is fpun. He that would believe he hath a great many friends, muft try but few of them. Love bemires young men, and drowns the old. Once in every ten years every man needs his neighbour. Ariftotle faith, When you can have any good thing take it: and Plato faith, If you do not take it, you are a great coxcomb. From an afs you can get nothing but kicks and ftench. Either fay nothing of the abfent, or fpeak like a friend. One man forewarned (or apprifed of a thing) is worth two. He is truly happy who can make others happy too. Á fair woman without virtue is like palled wine. Tell a woman fhe is wondrous fair, and fhe will foon turn foul. Paint and patches give offence to the husband, hopes to her gallant. He that would be well spoken of himself, muft not fpeak ill of others. He that doth the kindness hath the noblet pleasure of the two. He who doth a kindnefs to a good man, doth a greater to himfelf. A man's hat in his hand never did him harm. One cap or hat more or lefs, and one quire of paper in a year, coft but little, and will make you many friends. He who blames grandees endangers his head, and he who praises them muft tell many a lye. A wife man goes not on board without due provifion. Keep your mouth fhut, and your eyes open. He who will top every man's mouth mut have a great deal of meal. Wife men have their mouth in their heart, fools their heart in their mouth. Shew not to all the bottom either of your purfe or of your mind. I heard one fay fo, is half a lye. Lyes have very short legs. One lye draws ten more after it. Keep company with good men, and you'll increase their number. He is a good man who is good for himfelf, but he is good indeed who is fo for others too. When you meet with a virtuous man, draw his picture. He who keeps good men company may very well bear their charges. He begins to grow bad bad who takes himself to be a good man. He is far from a good man who ftrives not to grow better. Keep good men company, and fall not out with the bad. He who throws away his eftate with his hands, goes afterwards to pick it up on his feet. "Tis a bad houfe that hath not an old man in it. To crow well and fcrape ill is the devil's trade. Be ready with your hat, but flow with your purse. A burthen which one chufes is not felt. The dearer fuch a thing is, the better pennyworth for me. Suppers kill more than the greatest doctor ever cured. All the wit in the world is not in one head. Let us do what we can and ought, and let God do his pleasure. 'Tis better to be condemned by the college of physicians than by one judge. Skill and affurance are an invincible couple. The fool kneels to the diftaff. Knowing is worth nothing, unless we do the good we know. A man is half known when you see him, when you hear him fpeak you know him all out. Write down the advice of him who loves you, tho' you like it not at prefent. Be flow to give advice, ready to do any fervice. Both anger and hafte hinder good counfel. Give neither counfel nor falt till you are afked for it. The fool never thinks higher than the top of his houfe. A courtier is a flave in a golden chain. A little kitchen makes a large houfe. Have money, and you will find kindred enough. He that lends his money hath a double lofs. Of money, wit, and virtue, believe one fourth part of what you hear men fay. Money is his fervant who knows how to use it as he fhould, his mafter who doth not. 'Tis better to give one thilling than to lend twenty. Wife diftruft is the parent of fecurity. Mercy or goodnefs alone makes us like to God. So much only is mine, as I either ufe myself or give for God's fake. He who is about to speak evil of another, let him first well confider himfelf. Speak not of me unless you know me well; think of yourself ere aught of me you tell. One day of a wife man is worth the whole life of a fool. What you give fhines ftill, what you eat fmells ill next day. Afking costs no great matter. A woman that loves to be at the window is like a bunch of grapes in the highway. A woman and a glafs are never out of danger. A woman and a cherry are painted for their own harm. The best furniture in the houfe is a virtuous woman. The first wife is matrimony, the fecond company, the third herefy. A doctor and a clown Hard on know more than a doctor alone. upon hard never makes a good wall. The example of good men is vifible philofophy. One ill example fpoils many good laws. Every thing may be, except a ditch without a bank. He who throws a ftone against God, it falls upon his own head. He who plays me one trick fhall not play me a fecond. Do what you ought, and let what will come it. By making a fault you may learn to do better. The first faults are theirs who commit them, all the following are his who doth not punish them. He who would be ill ferved, let him keep good ftore of fervants. To do good till make no delay; for life and time flide faft away. A little time will ferve to do ill. He who would have trouble in this life, let him get either a fhip or a wife. He who will take no pains, will never build a house three ftories high. The best of the game is, to do one's bufinefs and talk little of it. The Italian is wife before he undertakes a thing, the German while he is doing it, and the Frenchman when it is over. In profperity we need moderation, in adverfity patience. Profperous men facrifice not, i. e. they forget God. Great profperity and modefty feldom go together. Women, wine, and horfes, are ware men are often deceived in. Give your friend a fig, and your enemy a peach. He who hath no children doth not know what love means. He who fpins hath one shirt, he who fpins not hath two. He who confiders the end, restrains all evil inclinations. He who hath the longest sword is always thought to be in the right. There lies no appeal from the decifion of fortune. Lucky men need no counfel. Three things only are well done in hafte; flying from the plague, efcaping quarrels, and catching fleas. 'Tis better it should be faid, Here he ran away, than Here he was flain. The fword from Heaven above falls not down in hafte. The best thing in gaming is, that it be but little used. Play, women, and wine, make a man laugh till he dies of it. Play or gaming hath the devil at the bottom. The devil goes fhares in gaming. He who doth not rife early never does a good day's work. He who hath good health is young, and he is rich who owes nothing. If young men had wit, and old men ftrength, enough, every thing might be well done. He who will have no judge but himself, condemns himself. Learning, is folly unlefs a good judgment hath the management of it. Every man 30 loves loves justice at another man's houfe; nobody cares for it at his own. He who keeps company with great men is the laft at the table, and the firft at any toil or danger. Every one hath his cricket in his head, an makes it fing as he pleases. In the conclufion, even forrows with bread are good. When war begins, hell gates are fet open. He that hath nothing knows nothing, and he that hath nothing is nobody. He who hath more, hath more care, ftill defires more, and enjoys less. At a dangerous paffage give the precedency. The fickness of the body may prove the health of the foul. Working in your calling is half praying. An ill book is the worst of thieves. The wife hand doth not all which the foolish tongue faith. Let not your tongue fay what your head may pay for. The beft armour is to keep out of gunfhot. The good woman doth not fay, Will you have this? but gives it you. That is a good misfortune which comes alone. He who doth no ill hath nothing to fear. No ill befalls us but what may be for our good. He that would be master of his own muft not be bound for another. Eat after your own fashion, clothe yourself as others do. A fat phyfician, but a lean monk. Make yourself all honey, and the flies will eat you up. Marry a wife, and buy a horfe from your neighbour. He is mafter of the world who defpifes it; its flave who values it. This world is a cage of fools. He who hath most patience beft enjoys the world. If veal (or mutton) could fly, no wild fowl could come near it. He is unhappy who wishes to die; but more fo he who fears it. The more you think of dying, the better you will live. He who oft thinks on death provides for the next life. Nature, time, and patience, are the three great physicians. When the fhip is funk every man knows how the might have been faved. Poverty is the worlt guard for chastity. Affairs, like faltfish, ought to lie a good while a foaking. He who knows nothing is confident in every thing. He who lives as he should, has all that he needs. By doing nothing, men learn to do ill. The best revenge is to prevent the injury. Keep yourself from the occafion, and God will keep you from the fins it leads to. One eye of the mafter fees more than four eyes of his fervant. He who doth the injury never forgives the injured man. Extravagant offers are a kind of denial. Vice is fet off with the fhadow or resemblance of virtue. The shadow of a lord is an hat or cap for a fool. Large trees give more fhade than fruit. True love and honour go always together. He who would pleafe every body in all he doth, troubles himself, and contents nobody. Happy is the man who doth all the good he talks of. That is beft or finest which is most fit or seasonable. He is a good orator who prevails with himfelf. One pair of ears will drain dry an hundred tongues. A great deal of pride obfcures, or blemishes, a thousand good qualities. He who hath gold hath fear, who hath none, hath forrow. An Arcadian afs, who is laden with gold, and eats but fraw. The hare catched the lion in a net of gold. Obftinacy is the worst, the most incurable of all fins. Lawyers gowns are lined with the wilfulness of their clients. Idleness is the mother of vice, the step-mother to all virtues. He who is employed is tempted by one devil; he who is idle, by an hundred. An idle man is a bolster for the devil. Idlenefs buries a man alive. He that makes a good war hath a good peace. He who troubles not himfelf with other men's bu finefs, gets peace and ease thereby. Where peace is, there God is or dwells. The world without peace is the foldier's pay. Arms carry peace along with them. A little in peace and quiet is my heart's with. He bears with others, and faith nothing, who would live in peace. One father is fufficient to govern an hundred children, and an hundred children are not fufficient to govern one father. The mafter is the eye of the house. The firft fervice a bad child doth his father, is to make him a fool; the next is, to make him mad. A rich country and a bad road. A good lawyer is a bad neighbour. He who pays well is master of every body's purie. Another man's bread cofts very dear. Have you bread and wine? fing and be merry. If there is but little bread, keep it in your hand; if but a little wine, drink often; if but a little bed, go to bed early, and clap yourself down in the middle. 'Tis good keeping his cloas who goes to fwim. A man's own opi nion is never in the wrong. He who fpeaks little, needs but half so much brains as another man. He who knows mo commonly fpeaks leaft. Few men take his advice who talks a great deal. He that is going to speak ill of another, let him confider himself well, and he will hold his peace. Eating little, and fpeaking little, can never do a man hur A civil anfwer to a rude fpeech cons not much, and is worth a great deal. Speaking |