You May Also Like / View all maxioms
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.
Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
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.]
He that burnes most shines most.
He that burnes most shines most.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.