Aske much to have a little.

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!

There is something beautiful in you seeking freedom.

Most of the things youfind yourself wantingwill have little or no bearingon the happiness in your life.

Grace is more than God opening the door to salvation; it’s God bringing people in.

In the 40,000 year time scale we're all the same people. We're all equally primitive, give or take two or three thousand years here or a hundred years there.

People have a copyright on their own life.

I am terrified of restrictive religious doctrine, having learned from history that when men who adhere to any form of it are in control, common men like me are in peril.

The best decision-makers are those who are willing to suffer the most over their decisions but still retain their ability to be decisive.

I always wanted to do music that influences and inspires each generation.

Life rejuvenates and acquires energy when it multiplies: It is enriched, not impoverished.

When I was playing, my wife and kids would go on the road with me, and we would go to different lunch spots that we saw on "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives."