Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.
Your body is only clothing. Your flesh will wither, but you are your heart and mind, and they do not change except to grow stronger.
You read too much and understand too little.
You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long.
Women often seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble.
Women lied to get a man into bed, and they lied worse once they had him there.
Women do not become exhausted, they only exhaust others.
Women could compress a great deal into one look.
Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.
When you knew you were going to hang, the only thing to do was grin at the noose.
When you ask questions, then you have to hear the answers whether you want to or not.
When the fishmongers are all buying at the same price, you can bet they were all drinking at the same inn last night.
