You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
