You May Also Like / View all maxioms
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.
Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
