Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.

Since luck's a nine days' wonder, wait their end.

I’ve never been certain whether the moral of the Icarus story should only be, as is generally accepted, ‘don’t try to fly too high,’ or whether it might also be thought of as ‘forget the wax and feathers, and do a better job on the wings.

The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.

It's that idea that you can have one drink - and no you can't. Within a week I was drinking heavily. It was so quick that even I was like, 'Wow.'