Quotes

Translating from one language to another, unless it is from Greek and Latin, the queens of all languages, is like looking at Flemish tapestries from the wrong side, for although the figures are visible, they are covered by threads that obscure them, and cannot be seen with the smoothness and color of the right side.

For neither good nor evil can last for ever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand.

A closed mouth catches no flies.

Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep! It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot. It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap, and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even.

I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.

Tomorrow will be a new day.

Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.

Sing away sorrow, cast away care.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A tooth is much more to be prized than a diamond.

Remember that there are two kinds of beauty: one of the soul and the other of the body. That of the soul displays its radiance in intelligence, in chastity, in good conduct, in generosity, and in good breeding, and all these qualities may exist in an ugly man. And when we focus our attention upon that beauty, not upon the physical, love generally arises with great violence and intensity. I am well aware that I am not handsome, but I also know that I am not deformed, and it is enough for a man of worth not to be a monster for him to be dearly loved, provided he has those spiritual endowments I have spoken of.

Can we ever have too much of a good thing?

No limits but the sky.

I say patience, and shuffle the cards.

Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

Think before thou speakest.

The more thou stir it, the worse it will be.

I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.

That's the nature of women ... not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.