We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
A chicken is hatched even from such a well sealed thing as an egg.
Being well dressed does not prevent one from being poor.
The musician who is paid in advance does not play so well.
A wound never heals so well that a scar cannot be seen.
Learning makes a man fit company for himself as well as for others.
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak.
Listen to that which is well said even if it is from the mouth of an enemy.
Don't throw a stone into a well from which you have drunk.
There is no coincidence in getting married.
Do you believe in 'fairy tales'?" I asked, looking up into Lissa's eyes. "What . . . What kind of fairy tales?" "The kind you aren't supposed to waste your life on." [...] The question was: How long did I have to figure out if the impossible was actu...
I always hear people talk about 'dysfunctional families.' It annoys me, because it makes you think that somewhere there's this magical family where everyone gets along, and no one ever screams things they don't mean, and there's never a time when sha...
I’ll get you another red dress.” She wiped the backs of her hands over her cheeks at the snarl. “You will?” He glared down at her. “Yes. But you must not cry. I won’t get you any dresses if you cry.” “I don’t normally cry.” “You...
The Rough Beast snorted. “You don’t get it at all, buddy. It’s not about wrestling. It’s about stories. We’re storytellers.” Caperton studied him. “Somebody at my job just said that.” “It’s true! You have to be able to tell the st...
If one starts with the anatomical difference, which even a patriarchal Viennese novelist was able to see was destiny, then one begins to understand why men and women don't get on very well within marriage, or indeed in any exclusive sort of long-rang...
Woody: Listen, lightsnack, you stay away from Andy. He's mine, and no one is taking him away from me. Buzz: What are you talking about? Where's that bonding strip? [slides under his ship with a skateboard] Woody: [pulls him back out] And another thin...
Delight is délice, délit is a misdemeanour' 'Well, it's bloody close...' 'Well, they often are....
Losing well was a gift, but winning well is this stuff of the authentic manhood.
Would you really want to live in world where only the possible is possible?
No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
