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The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
