List of John Florio Quotes

Fish Marreth The Water, And Flesh Doth Dress It

Who Will Not Suffer Labor In This World, Let Him Not Be Born.

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.

From The Physician And Lawyer Keep Not The Truth Hidden.

Be Circumspect How You Offend Schollers, For Knowe, A Serpent Tooth Bites Not So Ill, As Dooth A Schollers Angrie Quill.

Poverty Is No Vice, But An Inconvenience.

One Hand Washeth Another, Both The Face. [lat., Una Mano Lava L'altra, Ed Ambedue Lavano Il Volto.]

Praise The Sea; On Shore Remain.

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.

Wisdom Sails With Wind And Time.

Who Hath Not Served Can Not Command.