You May Also Like / View all maxioms
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
read more
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
