“Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.”

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

“...convinced that in trying to please all, he had pleased none, and had lost his ass into the bargain.”

“No one believes a liar even when he tells the truth”

“An Ass put on a Lion's skin and wentAbout the foreset with much merriment,Scaring the foolish beasts by brooks and rocks,Till at last he tried to scare the Fox. But Reynard, hearing from beneath th...”

“It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard.”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”