Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.

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!

The desire to get married is a basic and primal instinct in women. It's followed by another basic and primal instinct: the desire to be single again.

A flower can only grow through concrete if it believes in itself, not its obstacles.

As much as I enjoy a fight, I cannot always indulge myself, and just now I had more weighty matters to occupy my time than spilling the blood of strange warriors.

If you are surprised at the number of our maladies count our cooks.

Men ... always think that something they are going to get is better than what they have got.

Eat few suppers, and you'll need few medicines.

If you seek authenticity for authenticity's sake you are no longer authentic.

Love is giving your kids your undivided attention and time

You never know the answers to the questions of life until you are asked.

Being in Christ, and united to Him, is the fundamental constitution of a Christian.