You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked
brother.
Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked
brother.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
