Be sure that the candle is lit before you throw away the match.
Never dress in mourning before the dead man is in his coffin.
Before you make a friend, eat a pack of salt with him.
Take counsel before it goes ill, lest it go worse.
You must crack the nuts before you can eat the kernel.
Teeth placed before the tongue give good advice.
Consider the facts seven times before you suspect someone.
Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.
Do not mend your neighbor's fence before seeing to your own.
The meeting began well, meaning it had the potential for being short.
I felt like I should salute. If only I knew how.
If I can be perfectly blunt, his humanities teacher was an ass.
I can’t take back the past, but I can fight for the future.
Sometimes we hurt the ones we love, but hurting ourselves to avoid it doesn’t make it better.
For most vampires, it's an automatic response - scent blood, fangs drop.
Maybe before you die, it's your ghosts you see.
There is no doubt that someone who tries to throw a curve or pitch at any early age before he's developed, before his hand is big enough to grip the ball correctly, will damage his arm.
Before Venus, censorious; before Mars, timid.
I wasn’t in the mood for a fight, but fights weren’t always conveniently scheduled. (Jessica)
Those are the bad guys, right?” “Depends on who wins, I guess.
One moment of true happiness was worth all the moments of pain. (Jessica)
