“A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year.”

“Even were a cook to cook a fly he would keep the breast for himself.”

“Fish to taste right must swim three times - in water in butter and in wine.”

“God pays but not weekly wages.”

“The greater love is a mother's then comes a dog's then a sweetheart's.”

“The woman cries before the wedding the man afterward.”

“Don't Run For Success, Practice Perfection.”

“Spontaneity is great when the opportunity is there, but what I'm really saying is you need to trust yourself. Instead of checking and rechecking your camera and the lighting and everything else, ju...”

“What she aspired to was a kind of delirious perfection. What Lilia wanted was to travel, but not only that; she wanted to be a citizen of everywhere, free-wheeling and capable of instant flight.”