You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
read more
If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
May go to whoop and holloa.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
