You May Also Like / View all maxioms
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
