Never find fault with the absent.

Advice

Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.

Age and Aging

We pay when old for the excesses of youth.

Anger

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

Appearance

The best mirror is an old friend.

Behavior

Contraries are cured by contraries.

Blame

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Certainty

There is nothing certain, but the uncertain.

Charity

The charitable give out the door and God puts it back through the window.

Common Sense

He who does not have common sense at age thirty will never have it.

Confidence

Who ever does not respect confidence will never find happiness in their path.

Correction

Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm.

Counsel

Give neither counsel or salt till you are asked for it.

Danger

A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.

Debt

Out of debt, out of danger.

Desire

First deserve then desire.

Difficulties

When difficulties are overcome they begin blessing.

Discipline

A colt is worth little if it does not break its halter.

Enemies

Talk well of your friends and of your enemies say nothing.

Example

An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching.

Eyes

What the eye does not admire the heart does not desire.

Faith

Weave in faith and God will find the thread.

Fear

A scalded cat dreads cold water.

Fools and Foolishness

The fool is always beginning to live.

Forgiveness

Never repeat old grievances.

Friends and Friendship

A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.

The time to make friends is before you need them.

Gifts

Gifts make their way through stone walls.

God

Man does what he can, God does what he will.

Habit

Good habits result from resisting temptation.

Heart

Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart.

Honor

Ease and honor are seldom bedfellows.

Idleness

The hardest work of all is to do nothing.

Insanity

Whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.

Kings

Kings have many ears and eyes.

Leaders and Leadership

An army of deer would be more formidable commanded by a lion, than a an army of lions commanded by a stag.

Lies and Lying

"They say" is often a great liar.

Life and Living

Live today for tomorrow it will all be history.

Love

Love laughs at locksmiths.

Loyalty

Birds of a feather flock together.

Marriage

Marrying is easy, it's housework that's hard.

You'll repent if you marry, and repent if you don't.

Medicine

He who lives by medical prescriptions lives miserably.

Merit

Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear.

Money

When money is taken freedom is forsaken.

Opportunity

The back of one door is the face of another.

Patience

Rome was not built in a day.

Perseverance

Never say die.

Persuasion

That which proves too much, proves nothing!

Popularity

The one who pleased everybody died before they were born.

Power

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

Prayer

One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer.

Procrastination

We hate delays by others, but sometimes it makes us wise.

Promises

He loses his thanks who promises and delays.

Quality

Could everything be done twice it would be done better.

Rest

How beautiful is it to do nothing, and then rest afterward.

Silence

Silence implies consent.

Speakers and Speaking

Speak little and to the purpose.

Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim.

Teachers and Teaching

In teaching others we teach ourselves.

Tenderness

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Time and Time Management

Lost time is never found again.

Truth

Truth fears nothing but concealment.

Wealth

As the person who has health is young, so the person who owes nothing is rich.

Will and Will Power

When the will is ready the feet are light.

Wives

A good wife and health is a mans best wealth.

Work

Want is the mother of industry.