I don't like the word 'allegorical', I don't like the word 'symbolic' - the word I really like is 'mythic', and people always think that means 'full of lies', whereas of course what it really means is 'full of truth which cannot be told in any other ...
Water and words are easy to pour but impossible to recover.
Great events may stem from words of no importance.
A man with two ears can be supported by two words.
Silence is more than just a lack of words.
Of words and feathers, it takes many to make a pound.
All food is fit to eat, but not all words are fit to speak.
Even the fool says a wise word sometimes.
Words are like eggs: when they are hatched they have wings.
Hold on tight to the words of your ancestors.
A word of kindness is better than a fat pie.
He need not search his pockets for words.
Take a man at his word, an ox by the horns.
Friendly words gain much and cost nothing.
A friendly word is better than a heavy cake.
The 'HIGHway' to peace is humility!
The rain begins with a single drop.
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
If you are blessed, you are blessed, whether you are married or single.
There is not, in my view, a single European demos.
It is possible for a woman to be a romantic, but also to be single and to be happy.
