Women are books, and men the readers be,

Who sometimes in those books erratas see;

Yet off the reader's raptured with each line,

Fair print and paper, fraught with sense divine;

Tho' some, neglectful, seldom care to read,

And faithful wives no more than bibles heed.

Are women books? says Hodge, then would mine were

An Almanack, to change her every year.

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No gains without pains.

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Great spenders are bad lenders.

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Many complain of their Memory, few of their Judgment.

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A full belly is the Mother of all Evil.

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He who multiplies Riches multiplies Cares.

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An old man in a House is a good Sign.

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The Things which hurt, instruct.

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Old Boys have their Playthings as well as young Ones; the Difference is only in the Price.

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The Eye of a Master, will do more Work than his Hand.

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A soft Tongue may strike hard.

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You may talk too much on the best of subjects.

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Wars bring scars.

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Beware of little Expenses: a small Leak will sink a great Ship.

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Pay what you owe, and you'll know what is your own.

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Don't overload gratitude; if you do, she'll kick.

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Be always ashamed to catch thyself idle.

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At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment.

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Wedlock, as old men note, hath likened been Unto a public crowd or common rout; Where those that are without would fain get in, And those that are within, would fain get out.

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Christianity commands us to pass by injuries; policy, to let them pass by us.

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If thou injurest conscience, it will have its revenge on thee.

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What's given shines, what's receiv'd is rusty.

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Mankind are very odd Creatures: One Half censure what they practise, the other half practise what they censure; the rest always say and do as they ought.

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Pride dines upon Vanity, sups on Contempt.

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Great Merit is coy, as well as great Pride.

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Kings and bears often worry their keepers.

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Light purse, heavy heart.

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Great talkers, little doers.