You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Weight justly and sell dearely.
Weight justly and sell dearely.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
