From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad or poignant, and it may not make me laugh a bit. But I don't mind inventing a portrait that allows others to laugh if that's what they want to...
I may not have the standard physical beauty of a human being, but I am more human than any other human could be, I have a human heart that's why I understand human need.
...My dad, may he rest in peace, taught me many wonderful things. And one of the things he taught me was never ask a guy what you do for a living. He said "If you think about it, when you ask a guy, what do you do you do for a living," you’re sayin...
Never be boastful; someone may come along who knew you as a child.
You may find the worst enemy or best friend in yourself.
He who digs too deep for a fish, may come out with a snake.
The rich man may wear old clothes.
When a woman is hungry, she says, "Roast something for the children that they may eat."
While the sun is still up, let people work that the earth may live.
A country can be conquered from the back of a horse but may not be ruled in the same manner.
Look for a thrifty woman -- even though it may cost you a pair of shoes.
You may laugh at a friend's roof; don't laugh at his sleeping accommodation.
A deaf man may not have heard the thunder but he surely will see the rain.
He who runs from the white ant may stumble upon the stinging ant.
One who sits between two chairs may easily fall down.
What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four.
He who peeps through a hole may see what will vex him.
In large rivers one finds big fish but one may also be drowned.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Eggs may be smarter than the chickens, but it doesn't take long for them to stink.
Every article and review and book that I have ever published has constituted an appeal to the person or persons to whom I should have talked before I dared to write it. I never launch any little essay without the hope—and the fear, because the enco...
