If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

Wedlock is a padlock.

He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain.

Listeners ne'er hear good of themselves.

He is wise that can make a friend of a foe.

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink.

Good words cool more than cold water.

Where love fails we espy all faults.

Sneezeweed, Drew?"He grinned. "Jealous?""Surprised.""Remind me, and I'll have a talk with Gerald. Give him a few tips.""Promise?""Absolutely.

Only times and places, only names and ghosts.

One must always be careful of books, " said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.

Where's the point in fighting and slaying if you can make a friend out of anybeast instead of a foe?

Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.

I spend my money on holidays and eating out, and it allows me to be generous.

Into a mouth shut flies flie not.

The poet must put on the passion he wants to represent.

You must be either the servant or the master, the hammer or the anvil.

I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You wander restlessly from forest to forest while the Reality is within your own dwelling.