You May Also Like / View all maxioms
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.
Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
