You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Ships feare fire more then water.
Ships feare fire more then water.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for read more
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
read more
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
He that sends a foole expects one.
He that sends a foole expects one.