Before marriage a man yearns for a woman. Afterward the "y" is silent.

If people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed.

There are only three sins - causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing.

A status symbol is a symbol, not status.

The Father and His Two Daughters A man had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to a tile-maker. After a time he went to the daughter who had married the gardener, and inquired how she was and how all things went with her. She said, All things are prospering with me, and I have only one wish, that there may be a heavy fall of rain, in order that the plants may be well watered. Not long after, he went to the daughter who had married the tilemaker, and likewise inquired of her how she fared, she replied, I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the dry weather may continue, and the sun shine hot and bright, so that the bricks might be dried. He said to her, If your sister wishes for rain, and you for dry weather, with which of the two am I to join my wishes?'.

A thousand years scarce serve to form a state; An hour may lay it in the dust.

Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.

Optometrist's office: If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place.

We are decent 99 percent of the time, when we could easily be vile.

Oh, better no doubt is a dinner of herbs, When season'd with love, which no rancour disturbs And sweeten'd by all that is sweetest in life Than turbot, bisque, ortolans, eaten in strife! But if, out of humour, and hungry, alone A man should sit down to dinner, each one Of the dishes which the cook chooses to spoil With a horrible mixture of garlic and oil, The chances are ten against one, I must own, He gets up as ill-tempered as when he sat down.

The landlord's laugh was ready chorus.

It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.

Black cat or white cat, it's a good cat that catches the mice.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

Why should the brave Spanish soldiers brag? The sunne never sets in the Spanish dominions, but ever shineth on one part or other we have conquered for our king.

Come, let's have one other gaudy night. Call to me. All my sad captains. Fill our bowls once more. Let's mock the midnight bell.

The Hidden Power of the Heart Realize that now, in this moment of time, you are creating. You are creating your next moment. That is what's real. -Sara Paddison.

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Pain is no longer pain when it is past.

Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.