Greene wood makes a hott fire.

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!

That's what really broke me, she was better than any fantasy I could hope to imagine. I've spent my life creating, yet she was pristine the likes of which I could never fashion.

Times of sadness are the very moment to laugh and laugh greatly.

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

Independent women must expect more of themselves, since neither men nor other more conventionally domesticated women will hope for anything, or expect any result other than utter failure.

And if the New Testament were a collection of secular writings, their authenticity would generally be regarded as beyond all doubt

The sign that the kundalini is releasing is not the development of miraculous powers, but that your mind is becoming quieter.

You cannot learn to fly by flying. First you must learn to walk, to run, to climb, to dance.

When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.

When I'm creatively solving problems, I'm in my sweet spot, and nothing can take me out of that joyful present.

I was not allowed to talk about being adopted when growing up. I walked around feeling like I was going to explode.