All keyes hang not on one girdle.

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!

Blessed is he who keeps his hands from doing evil.

Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there.

What if, when this fog scatters and flies upward, the whole rotten, slimey city goes with it, rises with the fog and vanishes like smoke.

Gold is money and nothing else.

I kind of thought, wouldn't it be funny to take a swing at being on the weird side of mainstream?

Writing for me is largely about rewriting.

I'm determined to be a diva.

When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.

Sport, at its best, at its most human, is able to inspire an innocence and joy that is unique to each of us.