You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]