Maxioms by Sir Walter Raleigh
Speaking much is a sign of vanity, for he that is lavish with words is a niggard in deed.
Speaking much is a sign of vanity, for he that is lavish with words is a niggard in deed.
Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
I may, although I care not read more
Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
I may, although I care not for pleasure when I play not.
Passions are likened best to floods and streams,
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.
Passions are likened best to floods and streams,
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.
If she seem not chaste to me,
What care I how chaste she be?
If she seem not chaste to me,
What care I how chaste she be?
No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.
No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.
