You May Also Like / View all maxioms
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.
Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
He did not care a button for it.
He did not care a button for it.
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.
