You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
There is safety in numbers. [Lat., Defendit numerus.]
There is safety in numbers. [Lat., Defendit numerus.]
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
read more
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
