By all means use sometimes to be alone.

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!

If your food is poison you will understand it.

Isaac stopped her at the bottom of the stairs with a crooked smile. "I would wish you sweet dreams, but how can they be memorable if I won't be in them?

In actual life, every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith.

Family, to me, is most important, and I can't wait to have one of my own, but I am not going to rush into it. I don't want to get a divorce. I want to take my time, do it once and get it right.

When you make your mark in the world, watch out for the envious with erasers.

Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is.

I want to create a society that is working for me and with me - and I am working for society, not against it.

You must practice to be able to return to essential principles at any moment.

I'd say that I think the most revolutionary act that you can commit in our society today is to be happy.

I've done as many as 20 or 30 drafts of a story. Never less than 10 or 12 drafts.