HELP = H(umor), E-go, edging God out, L-istening, P-urpose

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!

To lose someone after you’ve loved them was tougher than losing them when you’ve never even met them.

There's nothing special about losing your virginity over a toilet.

There are very few institutions that give prizes to people who may not have got to be number one, but are possibly better at coaxing the best out of others.

The essence of profound insight is simplicity.

Taste is the next gift to genius.

I used to dream of medals and championships, but now I dream solely of a blue-eyed fighter who one day changed my life, when he put his lips on mine. . .

Much awkwardness ensued.

The poet is he who inspires, rather than he who is inspired.

It takes long practice, yes. You have to work. Did you think you could snap your fingers, and have it as a gift? What is worth having is worth working for.

I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.