You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.
With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil read more
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil in.