A good husband makes a good wife. John Florio More Quotes by John Florio More Quotes From John Florio Who has not served cannot command. John Florio command Who hath not served can not command. John Florio commandcan-notmilitary England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses. John Florio paradisehorsemen A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple. John Florio husbandcouplehumorous Praise the sea; on shore remain. John Florio oceansearain Patience is the best medicine. John Florio medicinepatience Night is the mother of thoughts. John Florio mothernight Be circumspect how you offend schollers, for knowe, a serpent tooth bites not so ill, as dooth a schollers angrie quill. John Florio teethpowermanagement 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. John Florio horsemoneylying If you will be a traveler, have always two bags very full. That is one of patience and another of money. John Florio bagstravelertwo One hand washeth another, both the face. John Florio lavafaceshands Poverty is no vice, but an inconvenience. John Florio inconveniencepovertyvices From the physician and lawyer keep not the truth hidden. John Florio physicianslawyertruth 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. John Florio phrasesgraceuse Wisdom sails with wind and time. John Florio sailsailingwind Fish marreth the water, and flesh doth dress it John Florio fleshdresseswater Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born. John Florio bornsufferingworld
