Love, a cough, and smoke are hard to hide. —Italian…

“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. —Italian proverb I”

— Jane Healey

“All's well that ends well.”

— Anonymous

“A good mother is worth a hundred teachers. —Italian proverb Thanksgiving”

— Jane Healey

“Once the game is over,’ ” he says, “ ‘the king and the pawn go back in the same box.’ ” “In life and death we are…

— Lisa Renee Jones

“Practical advice.—People who read much must always keep it in mind that life is one thing, literature another. Not that authors invariably lie. I…

— Lev Shestov

A meal without wine is like a day without sun

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

And as the Italian proverb says, 'Revenge is the dish which people of taste prefer to eat cold.'

— Robert Hamer

Don't count your chickens before they egg.

— Ross O'Donovan

“At the table, one does not grow old. —Italian proverb Thanksgiving”

— Jane Healey

A God in the hand is worth two in the bush.

— Frederick Buechner

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

— James Arthur Ray

CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great…

— Ambrose Bierce

Don't judge a book by its cover 'til you've read the book.

— Jamie Lee Curtis

There is an old Italian proverb about the nature of translation: "Traddutore, traditore!" This means simply, "Translators-traitors!" Of course, as you can see, something…

— Daniel Wallace

If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

— Edgar Allan Poe