When circumstances don't fit our ideas they become our difficulties
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.
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.
Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.
As sore places meet most rubs, proud folks meet most affronts.
There's no gain, without pain.