The oak fought the wind and was broken, while the willow bent when it must and survived.
When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.
Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.
Victory settles a lot of arguments in most men’s heads.
Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your losses too long.
Storms rumble beyond the horizon, and the fires of heaven purge the earth. There is no salvation without destruction, no hope this side of death.
Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.
One more dance along the razor’s edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.
Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.
If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.
I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.
Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s nothing to lose.
