Death keeps no calendar.

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!

Governments always commit their entire populations when the demands grow heavy enough. By their passive acceptance, these populations become accessories to whatever is done in their name.

There was virtually no aspect of twentieth-century defense technology that had not been touched by the hands and minds of female mathematicians.

Love can either be your greatest companion or your worst enemy, depending on your pride to accept or deny things.

A work of art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.

You know, I have a kid on my own, and I know how busy it is, the first weeks and the first month.

I tried retiring a couple of times and it just didn't really stick so, but at some point enough things conspire together and it does stick.

Sometimes I use my jokes as building blocks for larger bits. I like to draw and play music, so sometimes I do those things along with the jokes.

By emphasizing the importance of a common language, we safeguard a proud legacy and help to ensure that America's future will be as great as her past.

Cheers for spring; for life; for a growing soul.

What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.