You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
If you can't beat them, join them.
If you can't beat them, join them.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
