You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
Weight justly and sell dearely.
Weight justly and sell dearely.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
