Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more

He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,

Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.

Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.

The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.

Praise day at night, and life at the end.

Praise day at night, and life at the end.

The sense of death is most in apprehension.

The sense of death is most in apprehension.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

The deafe gaines the injury.

The deafe gaines the injury.