You May Also Like / View all maxioms
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.