You May Also Like / View all maxioms
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Heresie is the school of pride.
Heresie is the school of pride.
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a read more
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
