Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.

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!

I could feel their grief as if it were a beast holding us down.

If someone is facing a difficult time, one of the kindest things you can do for him or her is to say, “I’m just going to love you through this.

The na at the end of banana annoys me as much as it would you if it were bananana.

For dhrames always go by conthraries my dear.

You ask rather too many questions. I have given you answers enough for the present: now I want to read.

I am pleased and reassured by the fact that a lot of younger playwrights seem to pay me some attention and gain some nourishment from what I do.

So, what did you get for me?" Angeline paused for a beat. "Jeans." "What?" croaked Artemis. "And a T-shirt.

I see too deep and too much.

I went to school with a guy named Truxton. He and I played football together, and he knocked me out once because he's bigger and strong than I am.

Show me an executive that works long hard hours and I'll show you a bad executive.