You May Also Like / View all maxioms
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.