Faire language grates not the tongue.

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!

Nobody's happy. What's happy? Happiness is over when the lights come on

Miss Masters was not content with threatening to hire away his staff, oh no. First, she had to perfume it.

We live in an age so legalistic, we find it hard to imagine someone wanting to obey their Lord simply because they love their God.

I'm an optimist in my heart - I'm a hopeless pollyanna just like my mother - but a pessimist in my head. I think that's the dialectic we all need to be in.

I saw the lovely arch Of rainbow span the sky, The gold sun burning As the rain swept by.

It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something.

The [nonprofit] sector enhances our creativity, enlivens our communities, nurtures individual responsibility, stirs life at the grassroots, and reminds us that we were born free.

I was making films when I was about 12 years old - Super-8 films.

It is a great privilege to be conscious in this universe. Those who understand, shine like stars.

How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection!