Everything passes everything wears out everything breaks.

A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.

Between two stools one sits on the ground.

With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris in a bottle.

No rose without a thorn.

He who can lick can bite.

The price spoils the pleasure.

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

Only he who does nothing makes no mistakes.

It is by believing in roses that one brings them to bloom.

Be enthusiastic for what you want. Work hard for it.

All work which is necessary ennobles him who performs it. Only one thing is shameful - to contribute nothing to the community.

Cities have distinct personalities. It's a matter of knowing it.

Why do we Fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up.

Angels are men of a superior kind; Angels are men in lighter habit clad.

To the creative individual all experience is seminal-all events are equidistant from new ideasand insights.

My "mission", if you can call it that, is to connect with my readers on an emotional level and have them come away with a stronger impression of the basic message in the story I am illustrating.

I know that all the magic kisses in the world probably couldn't have helped him today. But I would do anything to have been able to give him one.

Holiness is not the luxury of a few people, but a simple duty for you and me.

Finally the world would see my full range of comedy characters - from grouchy librarian to Russian librarian.