You May Also Like / View all maxioms
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
read more
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
