Adrian Casanova Quotes

The fact is that my native land is a prey to barbarism, that in it men`s only God is their belly, that they live only for the present, and that the richer a man is the holier he is held to be.

Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, `Why do you not practice what you preach?`

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.

An unstable pilot steers a leaking ship, and the blind is leading the blind straight to the pit. The ruler is like the ruled.

The scars of others should teach us caution.

No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.

The friendship that can cease has never been real.

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.

When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.

It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.

A fat paunch never breeds fine thoughts.