The used key is always bright.

Keep flax from fire, and youth from gaming.

Epitaph on a scolding wife by her husband: Here my poor Bridget's corpse doth lie, she is at rest - and so am I!

You have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter.

He that hath a trade hath an estate; and he that hath a calling hath a place of profit and honor. A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.