Sixty is heaven," she [bohemian Aunt Norma] told Jeanie as they sat having tea. "The world is done with you, you become to all intents and purposes invisible, particularly if you are a woman. I like to think of it as your third life. There's childhoo...
You are as many a person as languages you know.
The poorer you are, the more devils you meet.
What you don't know is bigger than you.
You are not a man until you have plowed a field.
You learn to limp if you live with cripples.
If you hit my dog you hit myself.
You can worship a sardine's head if you believe in it.
You become like that which you own.
By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn.
By getting angry, you show you are wrong.
The more you know, the luckier you get.
You cannot avoid what lies in ambush for you.
In Russia as you must, in Poland as you like.
A foreigner scratches you where you do not itch.
Don't worry if you borrow -- worry if you lend.
If you talk to an official you must talk rubles.
The calmer you go, the further along you will be.
What makes you happy, makes you rich.
If you are wearing shoes, you don't fear the thorns.
What makes you tired makes you stronger.
