He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it. [He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.]

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!

You can’t colour your world with someone’s paint.

For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror.

When Jesus says you must leave your family to follow Him, he doesn't necessarily mean physically. He means leave your dependence on them, make an emotional break with them.

There are a lot of good shows that don't get picked up. Like that Ben Stiller pilot, Heat Vision And Jack? That would have been a great show, but somehow it slipped by.

My self-esteem had been crushed through years of childhood bullying and serious abuses, which would take me decades to overcome.

The longest way round is the shortest way home. (Quoting Alexander MacLaren, The Wearied Christ and Other Sermons)

You'd better put sunblock on that skeleton head of yours. You're gonna fry." -Bobby

Union and Communion: this is the essence of Christianity.

Regime change is not within that purview. And that has been an all-out disaster.

But you'd have a job to find many of my poems which would seem to be very influenced by a particular person.