“Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.”
“She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.”
“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”
“Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.”
“The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.”
“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.”
“A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.”
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
“A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.”
“Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.”
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”
“The way to wealth depends on just two words, industry and frugality.”
“Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.”
“You may delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.”
“Don't throw stones at your neighbors , if your own windows are glass.”
“If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.”
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
“Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.”
“Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.”
“Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.”
“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
“There is much difference between imitating a man and counterfeiting him.”
“There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.”
“Spinoza Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.”
“Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.”
“If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.”
“Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.”
“Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.”
“If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with to the other world?”
“He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.”