You May Also Like / View all maxioms
The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.
The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our
regard for the donor.
Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our
regard for the donor.
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is read more
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
