John Florio Quotes

Praise the sea, on shore remain.

A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.

Who hath not served can not command.

Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born.

Be circumspect how you offend schollers, for knowe, a serpent tooth bites not so ill, as dooth a schollers angrie quill.

Night is the mother of thoughts.

A good husband makes a good wife.

Fish marreth the water, and flesh doth dress it

If you will be a traveler, have always two bags very full. That is one of patience and another of money.

England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses.

Who has not served cannot command.

From the physician and lawyer keep not the truth hidden.

Wisdom sails with wind and time.

Patience is the best medicine.

Poverty is no vice, but an inconvenience.