You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.
Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
An angry man, when he returns to reason, will be again angry with
himself.
An angry man, when he returns to reason, will be again angry with
himself.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.