You May Also Like / View all maxioms
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And read more
Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.
