You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.