There is neither honour nor gain got in dealing with a villain.
Visits should be like a winter's day, short.
A house without woman and firelight,
Is like a body without soul or sprite.
Light purse, heavy heart.
Ne'er take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
Great talkers, little doers.
Relation without friendship, friendship without power, power without will, will without effect, effect without profit, and profit without virtue, are not worth a farthing.
He has changed his one-eyed horse for a blind one.
[There was no entry for receipt no. 577 in the original.]