You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
