A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.

The best mirror is an old friend.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables. [A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.]

The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.

You cannot make a windmill go with a pair of bellows.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

Help thyself, and God will help thee.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!

Like love, the light or guidance of truth that influences us exists only in living form, not in principles or rules or expectations or advice, however widely circulated

The feelings resembled memories

Kindness is virtue itself.

Good Will is the mightiest practical force in the universe.

I write short stories. I write every day.

When I am presented with good work, I accept it. Wherever it is.

You can go outside and spit and have the same effect as doubling carbon dioxide.

Eternal values, not temporal ones, should become the deciding factors for your decisions.

Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.

Any life will provide the material for writing, if it is attended to.