A man surprised is half beaten.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

I've learned not to worry about love

Simplicity make no mans great, but makes life easier and not complicated.

You got to get out into the field. Secondhand information in this world only takes you so far.

Rage and bitterness do not foster femininity. They harden the heart and make the body sick.

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

I assemble stories-me and a hundred million other people-at the sentence level. Not by coming up with a sweeping story line.

If you truly believe in yourself and your skills, most times, it's enough.

A great advantage of X-ray analysis as a method of chemical structure analysis is its power to show some totally unexpected and surprising structure with, at the same time, complete certainty.

The more the state "plans" the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.

North America was ready for something other than a vanilla cooking show and we were providing the double dark chocolate fudge.