You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.
How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which read more
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new
thing under the sun.