You May Also Like / View all maxioms
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
