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Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
