Nonfiction Books

"Fools make feasts and wise men eat them."

"Many complain of their Memory, few of their Judgment."

"No gains without pains."

"You may talk too much on the best of subjects."

"Great spenders are bad lenders."

"He's a Fool that cannot conceals Wisdom."

"Vanity backbites more than Malice."

"It's common for Men to give pretended Reasons"

"Help, Hands; for I have no Lands."

"A light purse is a heavy Curse."

"Beware of little Expences, a small Leak will sink a great Ship."

"Epitaph on a Scolding Wife by her Husband. Here my poor Bridget's Corps doth lie, she is at rest, –and so am I."

"A true Friend is the best Possession."

"A soft Tongue may strike hard."

"The Things which hurt, instruct."

"Those who are fear'd, are hated."

"He who multiplies Riches multiplies Cares."

"The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer."

"As Pride increases, Fortune declines."

"Where there's no Law, there's no Bread."

"Keep thou from the Opportunity,"

"Sloth (like Rust) consumes faster than Labour wears:"

"Give me yesterday's Bread, this Day's Flesh, and last Year's Cyder."

"Hear Reason, or she'll make you feel her."

"Make haste slowly."

"Tart Words make no Friends: a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a Gallon of Vinegar."

"If you'd lose a troublesome Visitor, lend him Money."

"What you would seem to be, be really."

"He that has not got a Wife, is not yet a compleat Man."

"Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion."

"Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad Habits."

"He that drinks his Cyder alone, Let him catch his Horse alone."

"How many observe Christ's Birth-day! How few, his Precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments."

"Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn in no other."

"If you'd be wealthy, think of saving, more than of getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes equal her Incomes."

"The sleeping Fox catches no poultry. Up! up!"

"Ah, simple Man! when a boy two precious jewels were given thee, Time, and good Advice; one thou hast lost, and the other thrown away."

"Cold & cunning come from the north: But cunning sans wisdom is nothing worth."

"Tis easy to frame a good bold resolution; but hard is the Task that concerns execution."

"Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows."

"A little well-gotten will do us more good, Than lordships and scepters by Rapine and Blood."

"The church the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off."

"Speak with contempt of none, from slave to king, The meanest Bee hath, and will use, a sting."

"Content and Riches seldom meet together, Riches take thou, contentment I had rather."

"Beware, beware! he'll cheat 'ithout scruple, who can without fear."

"The World is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet every one has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the Affairs of his neighbor."

"In prosperous fortunes be modest and wise, The greatest may fall, and the lowest may rise: But insolent People that fall in disgrace, Are wretched and no-body pities their Case."

"Mark with what insolence and pride, Blown Bufo takes his haughty stride; As if no toad was toad beside."

"Men differ daily, about things which are subject to Sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible?"

"How few there are who have courage enough to own their Faults, or resolution enough to mend them!"