Physicians From England

"5545. When all is gone, Repentance comes too late."

"5572. When the Cat's gone, the Mice grow sawcy."

"5689. While there is Life, there is Hope."

"5698. Who draws his Sword against his Prince, must throw away the Scabbard."

"5711. Who more busy than they that have least to do?"

"5718. Who shall keep the Keepers?"

"5733. Whosoever engages in many Pursuits, rarely suceeds in one."

"5738. Wickedness is its own Punishment, and many Times its own Cure."

"5744. Wine hath drowned more Men than the Sea."

"5749. Wine shews what a Man is."

"5779. Wise Men learn by other Men's Harms ; Fools, by their own."

"5797. With Foxes we must play the Fox."

"5798. With-hold not thy Money, where there is Need ; and waste it not, where there is none."

"5802. Wolves may lose their Teeth, but not their Nature."

"5810. Women’s Work is never done."

"5813. Words are but Wind ; but seeing is believing."

"5878. You cannot make Velvet out of a Sow's Ear."

"5881. You can't eat your Cake, and have it too."

"5930. You lay on your Butter, as with a Trowel."

"5949. You may know by a Handful the whole Sack."

"5967. You must not hope to reap Wheat, where you sow'd none."

"5968. You must plow with such Oxen as you have."

"5979. You pour Water into a Sieve."

"6001. You starve in a Cook's Shop."

"6050. Your Head's so hot, that your Brains bubble over."

"6067. Zeal is by no Means the same with Fury and Rage."

"6075. When you are Anvil, hold you still ; When you are Hammer, strike your Fill."

"6080. Early to go to Bed, and early to rise, Will make a Man Healthy, Wealthy and Wise."

"6082. Enough’s as good as a Feast, To one that’s not a Beast."

"6089. To borrow upon Usury, bringeth on Beggary."

"6099. Help, Hands ; For I have no Lands."

"6103. A Friend in Need Is a Friend in Deed."

"6124. What cannot be cured, Must be endured."

"6126. April-showers Bring May-flowers."

"6129. Who buys, Had need of an hundred Eyes ; But one's enough, For him that sells the Stuff."

"6131. When the Cat is away, The Mice may play."

"6164. To the Wise A Word may suffice."

"6172. Who so blind as he, That will not see?"

"6185. Marry in Haste, and Repent at Leisure ; It's good to marry late, or never."

"6258. Follow Love, and it will flee ; Flee Love, and it will follow thee."

"6265. Happy’s the wooing, That’s not long a doing."

"6291. A Stitch in Time May save nine."

"Good Reader, I suspect I may have written some Things twice; if not the same in Words, yet in Sense, which I desire you to pass by favourably; forasmuch as you may well think, it was as difficult and dull a Thing for me, in so great a Number of independent Sentences, to find out the Repetitions, as it would be in a vast Heap of different Coins and Medals, confusedly thrown together, to pick out here and there one that bore the same and like Inscription, with some other among them. Besides the Pains, such a Search would cost me more Time, than I can afford it; for my Glass of Life running now low, I must not suffer one Sand to fall in waste, nor spend one Minute in picking of Straws. And moreover, my aged Eyes being grown weak and dim, I fear they will become quite dark, by much perusing and poring; or at least so far, so as to render me unable to perfect several Papers now lying by me, which I would willingly make a Present of to you."

"1772. Let thy Vices die before thee."

"1800. Make not a Jest of another Man's Infirmity. Remember thy own."

"1814. Always tell the Truth : where it is not loved, it is respected and feared."

"Common sense is in medicine the master workman."

"Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use, be it great or be it small!"

"We should always presume the disease to be curable, until its own nature prove it otherwise."

"The diagnosis of disease is often easy, often difficult, and often impossible."