You May Also Like / View all maxioms
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
A friend is a second self.
A friend is a second self.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
