He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife. [He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]

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!

Is it a fact – or have I dreamt it – that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time?

Start from where you are. Empower yourself. Adjust habits. Triumph over those habits -- this is how we EAT folks! This is how it's done!

But that's the whole aim of civilization: to make everything a source of enjoyment.

There was a wise man in the East whose constant prayer was that he might see today with the eyes of tomorrow.

The goal of all life is death.

Someone who's awake in the middle of the night is a soul consciousness when everyone else is asleep, and that creates a feeling of solitude in poetry that I very much like.

Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody.

I think I sent out some résumés for marketing jobs, and they all came back in the mail because I didn't have enough postage.

I am not looking like Armani today and somebody else tomorrow. I look like Ralph Lauren. And my goal is to constantly move in fashion and move in style without giving up what I am.

Early on, New York already had a national and even international identity.