You May Also Like / View all maxioms
If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will
never be in want; if according to the read more
If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will
never be in want; if according to the fashions of the world you
will never be rich.
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, read more
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
Every man has his price.
Every man has his price.
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime read more
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
