You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Success brings many to ruin.
Success brings many to ruin.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
This victory will be your I ruin.
This victory will be your I ruin.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.
Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.
At the games end we shall see who gaines.
At the games end we shall see who gaines.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
