Hungry bellies have no ears. [Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.]

To good and true love fear is forever affixed.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

A habit does not a monk make.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

A man after his own heart.

We don't want someone who will get 98 percent of the vote. We want someone who will get 51 percent of the vote.

Where does a man go when there are no more corners to turn, when he's running out of hope, out of luck, out of time?

He whom God hath gifted with a love of retirement possesses, as it were, an extra sense.

I like hard rock, and classic rock, and even metal.

All men have need of the gods.

It is curious how believable I can be when I criticize myself, how unconvincing when I give myself praise.

One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking.

When You're young, you get sad, and you get high.

If you're gonna judge people by crimes, you get into a quagmire. If you're gonna judge people by themselves, by who and what they are, that's a different ballgame.