A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.

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!

Prose: words in their best order

Like a battery, the human mind and body must be fully discharged to stretch their capacity.

...trapped in limbo, believing in a lack of belief, but not necessarily lacking the belief to believe.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor it cannot save the few who are rich.

When resources become skimpy, human beings don't suddenly cooperate to conserve what's left. They fight to the last scrap for possession of a diminishing resource.

Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.

I consider myself a very lucky man indeed.

Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. The sun has no need to boast of his brightness, nor the moon of her effulgence.

As we celebrate Black History Month we should be grateful for the achievements they made and inspired by their legacies to continue their work.

Stepping back from running [Donald Trump] positions is meaningless from a conflict of interests perspective. The presidency is a full-time job and he would have had to step back anyway.