You May Also Like / View all maxioms
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
read more
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
All soils are not fertile.
All soils are not fertile.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
