“who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet..”

“If God were not willing to forgive sin, heaven would be empty”

“There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.”

“Charity sees the need, not the cause.”

“God gives the nuts but he does not crack them.”

“It's the whole not the detail that matters.”

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”

“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”

“Fear is all in the mind”

“Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk.”

“Haste is from the Devil.”

“The candle burned the moth:But soon it will vanish in its own fat.”