A red-nosed man may not be a drunkard, but he will always be called one.
Rivers and mountains may change; human nature, never.
A horse may stumble, though he has four feet.
Ask God for what man can give, and you may get it.
He is a fool that kisseth the maid when he may kiss the mistress.
A cat may go to a monastery, but she still remains a cat.
When a man is wealthy he may wear an old cloth.
He who tickles himself may laugh when he pleases.
Those who tickle themselves may laugh when they please.
May you live to be a hundred -- and decide then rest for yourself.
Let not your tongue say what your head may pay for.
He that would live for aye, must eat sage in May.
Come for your inheritance and you may have to pay for the funeral.
If you're fated to drown, you may die in a teaspoon of water.
The most beautiful fig may contain a worm.
I grew up at a time with androgyny in the 1980s; it was easy to pass under the radar as a gay may.
As you may know, I was raised in an Italian Catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland.
I understand business and understand the ugly face of baseball, which is the business part of baseball.
I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
I may be getting old, but not foolish.
