“Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.”

Cats know not how to pardon.

O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.

Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.

Lies and literature have always been friends.

Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.

What God does, He does well.

We believe no evil till the evil’s done.

But the shortest works are always the best.

Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.

The reason of the strongest is always the best.

People must help one another; it is nature’s law.

Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.

Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

The English follow the principle that when one lies, it should be a big lie, and one should stick to it.

Today there seems to be only one absolute thing: relativism.

Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.

What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.

Man is never perfect nor contented.

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.

One of my trophies of ‘Drag Race’ is getting to meet Katya.

Our memories lurch to a reluctant halt in their funeral march, so I can pour salt over them one last time.