You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.
When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
Oh Ignorance
Thou art fall'n man's best friend!
Oh Ignorance
Thou art fall'n man's best friend!
A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
[A long tongue is a sign of a short read more
A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
[A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
