Forbeare not sowing because of birds.

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!

Knowledge counts but common sense matters.

Hope is what keeps us hanging on when we feel our rope wearing out. A positive attitude is often the natural result of maintaining that hope.

Love is not measured by acts or years, but by truth between two people.

I think you will find that, if you continue to write fiction, every character you create is partly you.

Trifles make perfection - and perfection is no trifle.

Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.

With kangaroos, you say 'Sit!' and they start boxing with you. They're nuts!

If anyone's reading this waiting for some type of full-on, flat apology for anything, they should just stop reading right now.

Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.

Essayists write at a length that enables them, within a year, to explore a number of topics, whereas in a book, they'll likely only get to address one.