Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Lost time is never found again.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
There are no gains without pains.
The doors of wisdom are never shut.
Well done is better than well said.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.
Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom.
There are three faithful friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
He that can have patience can have what he will.
He that waits upon fortune is never sure of a dinner.
One today is worth two tomorrows.
The noblest question in the world is what good you may do in it.
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
Those who won’t be counseled can’t be helped.
Rather go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt.
You may delay, but time will not.
There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know oneself.
Fish and visitors smell in three days.
An empty bag cannot stand upright.
What you would seem to be, be really.
The discontented man finds no easy chair.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Strive to be the best of yourself, not the second best of someone else.
Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
The best way to be missed when you’re gone is to stand for something when you’re here.
The hardest thing in the world to learn is the least harmful lesson that life has to offer.
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
The best thing to give your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; and to yourself, respect.
Don’t throw stones at your neighbors if your own windows are glass.
Ignorance is brawling.
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
Many a little makes a mickle.
Change of weather is the discourse of fools.
Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.
The sun never repents of the good he does, nor does he ever demand a recompense.
You spend too much money on things you don’t need, just to impress people you don’t like.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
God helps those who help themselves.
It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that have not wit enough to be honest.
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