A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

There is remedy for all things except death - Don Quixote De La Mancha

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

All sorrows are less with bread.

A closed mouth catches no flies.

Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

Thou hast seen nothing yet.

Facts are the enemy of truth.

It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.

The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.

Honesty's the best policy.

Smirking, he says, "Whatever spell you just tried to cast on me, it didn't work, so I think you need to go back to Hogwarts.

I believe that to be the world's greatest livingwriterthere must be somethingterribly wrong with you.I don't even want to be the world's greatestdead writer.just being dead would be fairenough.

A litany of headlights blinding her, she stands unsteady on the dotted traffic line, takes timid steps toward rolled up windows behind which any horror could crouch....

The digital age believes in the rational ordering of human beings. We believe that information will eventually solve every conceivable problem.

If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.

To be a standard shape is not all in life. To know is also important.

Sometimes sorrow, sometimes joy. But beneath it all remember the innate perfection of your life unfolding. That is the secret of unreasonable happiness.

Here we are, arguably the most intelligent being that's ever walked planet Earth, with this extraordinary brain ... and yet we're destroying the only home we have.

Don’t call it a comeback, I’ve been here for years.

And I really haven't done a damn thing.