You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
He that preacheth giveth almes.
He that preacheth giveth almes.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, read more
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine
Myriads, though bright.
