Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet. [Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]

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!

Politics is the only field in which the character of a person does not stand in the way of his career.

A great idea should always be left to steep like loose tea leaves in a teapot for a while to make sure that the tea will be strong enough and that the idea truly is a great one.

With you I understood that pleasure is not something you give or take. It's a way of giving yourself and calling forth the gift of self from another person.

Football is an art, like dancing is an art - but only when it's well done does it become an art.

Bardot, Byron, Hitler, Hemingway, Monroe, Sade: we do not require our heroes to be subtle, just to be big. Then we can depend on someone to make them subtle.

Clay is so young and has been misled by the wrong people. He might as well have joined the Ku Klux Klan.

When the world is predictable you need smart people. When the world is unpredictable you need adaptable people.

Each my book feels like my last book. And then I think, like a dedicated alcoholic, that one more won't do me any harm.

When I first came here, Hollywood was very closed-minded.