If a man would live in peace, he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.
If you would make an enemy, lend a man money, and ask for it back again.
The man who takes legal action often loses an ox to win a cat.
If a man's heart be impure, all things will appear hostile to him.
A malicious man is like a coal sack -- black on the outside and even blacker inside.
No one will say, "My father is incontinent." Everyone will say, "He is a man of advice and wisdom."
Money is truthful. If a man speaks of his honor, make him pay cash.
Three things drive a man outdoors; smoke, a leaking roof and a scolding wife.
If the bald man knew a remedy he would rub it on his own head.
Men would not be richer for being miserly; generosity does not make a man poorer.
When the man is away, the monkey eats his corn and goes into his hut.
The worst book imaginable has a redeeming quality if it gets a young person to read.
You are an old pig!'one of them said to the other. 'And that is worse than being a young one.
..Thirty's the end of being young, forty is where you stop fooling yourself.
I think my parents had in mind that I would settle down at quite a young age, but I decided that being a housewife in a big country house wasn't for me.
I definitely had a very religious upbringing. My father was just instilling good morals into us at a very young age, and it wasn't super-strict, but it was a loving, warm household.
Watching Jaws just scared the living daylights out of me when I was young. I know a lot of people my age who are still petrified of sharks because of that film.
I grew up in a community of theatre, and I always loved musicals. From a young age, the first present I ever wanted was a video camera. For me it was a great outlet to be creative.
I write books for all age groups - young kids, teenagers and adults - because I get a range of different ideas.
My parents had some problems of their own that put me in a position of having to deal with very grown-up stuff at a very young age. I needed some help with that, therapy-wise.
I've always been very cautious with what I do. You know, that started at a young age. I always had the approach or the mentality I never wanted to embarrass my parents.
