Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.

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 can’t reason when I’m around you.

People are, at their heart, constantly moving toward a state of entropy. Much like this ship. We’re all spiraling out of control.

Every period ruled by mystics was an era of stagnation and want, when most men were on strike against existence.

The Greater Soul moves in only one direction, and that is to bring into union that which has been made separate.

First I believe it to be a grave mistake to present Christianity as something charming and popular with no offense inn it.

Never say of anything I have lost it, only say that I have given it back.

Some people worry because they are in debt; others, because they can't even get in.

I've always been a procrastinator.

He'll survive," he answered her. "Just as he's survived everything else in his life. But he'll never be the same.

All I know is, I think I would like to continue to do public service.