You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
The back-doore robs the house.
The back-doore robs the house.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.
Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
We make allowance for necessity.
We make allowance for necessity.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
