John Florio Quotes
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One hand washeth another, both the face. [Lat., Una mano lava l'altra, ed ambedue lavano il volto.]
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Night is the mother of thoughts.
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Fish marreth the water, and flesh doth dress it
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England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses.
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For proverbs are the pith, the proprieties, the proofs, the purities, the elegancies, as the commonest so the commendablest phrases of a language. To use them is a grace, to understand them a good.
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To long for that which comes not. To lie a-bed and sleep not. To serve well and please not. To have a horse that goes not. To have a man obeys not. To lie in jail and hope not. To be sick and recover not. To lose one's way and know not. To wait at door and enter not, and to have a friend we trust not: are ten such spites as hell hath not.
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From the physician and lawyer keep not the truth hidden.
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Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born.
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Who has not served cannot command.
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Who hath not served can not command.
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Praise the sea; on shore remain.
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If you will be a traveler, have always two bags very full. That is one of patience and another of money.
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A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.
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Patience is the best medicine.
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A good husband makes a good wife.
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Be circumspect how you offend schollers, for knowe, a serpent tooth bites not so ill, as dooth a schollers angrie quill.
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Wisdom sails with wind and time.
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Poverty is no vice, but an inconvenience.
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