Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is there reading makes it more.

Treason doth never prosper. What's the reason? Why, when it prospers, none dare call it treason.

A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,-- True but for lying,--honest but for stealing,-- Did fall one day extremely sick by chance And on the sudden was in wondrous trance.

Fortune, men say, doth give too much to many, But yet she never gave enough to any.

Best fishing in troubled waters.

When I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.

From your confessor, lawyer and doctor, hide not your case on no condition. [Is this a way of saying that honesty is the best policy?]

Five qualities there are wine's praise advancing; Strong, beautiful, fragrant, cool and dancing.

The readers and the hearers like my books, And yet some writers cannot them digest; But what care I? for when I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.

From your confessor, lawyer and physician, hide not your case on no condition.

The strength of a woman far exceeds the brawn of a man. ~Lisa Antonio

We are leashed by societal norms, defined by our willingness to conform, but limited only by our imagination.

Do you know the difference between a kayak and a college student? A kayak tips.

We can redream this world and make the dream come real. Human beings are gods hidden from themselves.

I'm not going to be at all pleased if you've blinded me, Henry.

For, of course, being a girl, one’s whole dignity and meaning in life consisted in the achievement of an absolute, a perfect, a pure and noble freedom. What else did a girl’s life mean?

Stillness is the only thing in this world that has no form. But then, it is not really a thing, and it is not of this world.

Life is greater when I'm dealing with something than when I'm just dreaming away.

Painting isn't made for the decoration of apartments; it is a weapon to be used offensively and defensively against the enemy.

Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.