Better a bare foote then none.

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!

Segregation shaped me education liberated me.

...that out of the quarrel with others we produce rhetoric, matter for the editorial page, while out of the quarrel with ourselves we create art.

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow.

But when I am due…Keep local the chest to lay rest my simple skins in,

If you dare to lose, you will dare to win.

The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.

What was our life like? I almost don't remember now. Though I remember it, the space of time it occupied. And I remember it fondly.

Ideation without execution is delusion

I do not know what I can do for this world but I will not let any harm come to you

It's important that women support women. It gives me a great sense of well-being to know that I can make a difference in people's lives.