You May Also Like / View all maxioms
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In read more
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
The Devill is not alwaies at one doore.
The Devill is not alwaies at one doore.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
The Reverend are ever before.
The Reverend are ever before.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.