You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
