You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
