Who undertakes many things at once seldom does anything well.
Don't do today what you probably can leave undone tomorrow as well.
He that eats till he is sick must fast till he is well.
It is little use to dig a well after the house has caught fire.
You may well have caught a bird, but have you a fire to roast it on?
He who drinks, dies; he who does not drink, dies as well.
We'll never know the worth of water till the well go dry.
The father may well be a horse, but it's most likely that the son will be a mule.
Do not leave your host's house throwing mud in his well.
Is there any reason you wish to preserve amity with the Shadowhunters, besides the fact that one of them is your lover?
Losing someone you love is harder. One minute they're there, the next they're gone. There were times I wished they would rise up from the dead.
Old habits never die. And when you've once been in the business of granting wishes, the impulse never quite leaves you
What do you most wish for, Izzy?" "Herbs and salads, and fish straight from the river. A man needs no more than such pleasures.
I don't have the time or the energy to hate,' says Shara. 'I only wish to understand. People are what they are.
We all reconstruct our past because we wish to see how our present came to be our present - do we not?
What is called family pride is often founded on the illusion of self-love. A man wishes to perpetuate and immortalize himself.
You wish for what's called wooing. This customary game, where the man shows the woman that resistance is impractical, strikes me as quite pointless.
I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty.
I wonder if a fish's One and only wish is That other fish will never say, "This fish is sure delicious!
The Brigadier had no wish to shake hands with the improbable young man in the ridiculous frock-coat.
It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
