An ill deed cannot bring honor.

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!

Fate and character are different names for the same idea.

I don't know. I don't know at all. And that's what's frightening the life out of me. To have no idea.

Mere imagination would indeed be mere trifling; only no imagination is mere .

You can do something that walks a line, and invariably, whatever that line is, it will be crossed by people who don't know any better and want to ape the success.

I played 100 shows before I got paid

Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.

My uncle developed the training philosophy. His idea of good tennis training is basically quite simple: you must try to gain time.

When I was just a girl in Sydney, no one thought, 'Oh, she's going to be a movie star.' No one. I had to get by with actual skill and talent.

Life will get in the way. Count on it. Be prepared for it. Maintain focus and press on towards your goal.