You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
Let each man have according to his deserts.
Let each man have according to his deserts.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.