You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far
country.
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far
country.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
