You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Beare with evill, and expect good.
Beare with evill, and expect good.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
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.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
