Fish and guests in three days are stale.

Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.

The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel.

The broken bone, once set together, is stronger than ever.

Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face, but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend, which neither heat, nor cold, nor misery, nor place, nor destiny, can alter or diminish

It is a blind goose that cometh to the fox's sermon.

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.

When adversities flow, then love ebbs; but friendship standeth stiffly in storms.

The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee.

Let the falling out of friends be a renewing of affection.

He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.

Do not run away from your challenges. You must endure and overcome each challenge.

It was over now, and the meaningless world was tolerable and need not be explained. And never would it be, and how foolish I had ever been to think so.

Zen Buddhism does not preach. Sermons remain words. It waits until people feel stifled and insecure, driven by a secret longing.

Civilization, after all, is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit.

Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.

However, withered, I still feel myself to be exactly the same person I've always been. Hard to explain that to the young. we may look truly reptilian, but we're not a separate tribe.

Are you OK?" I asked. "I think so." Logan stared at me, and a smile pulled up his lips. "But maybe you should give me mouth-to-mouth, just to make sure.

We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone.

At times unpopular measures are needed in order to change behaviour.