Critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes.

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!

Malicious men may die, but malice never.

Any one must see at a glance that if men and women marry those whom they do not love, they must love those whom they do not marry.

Who can guarantee that he [Alexander Milinkevich, a Belarussian opposition presidential candidate] is the most promising candidate capable of competing with the incumbent president?

There are perhaps only one or two things in the world which are not far more charming in desire than they are in possession.

I always keep my eye focused on what I would and want to wear.

There is nothing more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face, and among country people it is always a sign of a well-regulated life.

To me, it's just that social media is allowing people to be in charge of their own narratives.

True bravery is quiet, undemonstrative.

Sometimes people try to give me advice going forward, and they say, "You know, you've just got to work to be more likeable in Washington." And I laugh and say, "You know this isn't rocket science.

Promises to get beyond partisanship are the most perfunctory sort of campaign rhetoric, almost as empty as the partisanship itself.