Farre shooting never kild bird.

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 live entire lifetimes in my head. Sometimes simultaneously.

And so I learned about grief, and about the absence and emptiness that for a long time make grief unforgettable.

It is just as disastrous to have the wrong accessories in your room, as it is to wear sport shoes with an evening dress.

Indeed, I was unable to find any evidence whatsoever of the occurrence of a drastic evolutionary acceleration and genetic reconstruction in widespread, populous species.

It's a bit loose and the people in my group have got other groups. They don't have to have a total allegiance to me. I think that's really a bit weird and showing some weird insecurity.

The brain appears to have been designed to solve problems related to surviving in an outdoor setting, in unstable meteorological conditions, and to do so in near constant motion.

You will never enjoy life if you do not enjoy yourself.

God judges a tree by its fruits and not by its roots.

I think the coming of spring, the stars overhead, the first snowfall and so on are gifts for a child, a young poet.

Working with big actors and realising that they were just normal people who've got an incredible talent was just a great experience.