The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

Do well and right and let the world sink.

The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.

A cheerful look makes a dish a feast

He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.

Show me a liar and I will show thee a thief.

Steal the hog and give the feet for alms.

Fly the pleasure that bites tomorrow.

Wouldst thou both eat they cake and have it?

Poverty is no sin.

She has given you something of value: the truth in her heart.

You can almost always find chains of coincidence to disprove magic. That's because it doesn't happen the way it does in books. It makes those chains of coincidence. That's what it is.

There is a wealth of unexpressed love in the world. It is one of the chief causes of sorrow evoked by death: what might have been said or might have been done that never can be said or done.

I wrote the album [Metals] in the fall. In about four months, I went from zero to finished. It usually takes forever.

A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

Progress is The law of life: man is not Man as yet.

I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts.

The preppy look has gone global- every corner of the world interprets it in a different way.

Through tattered clothes great vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks. Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it.