You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
read more
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
