He that seekes trouble never misses. [He that seeks trouble never misses.]

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!

Pain was a torn piece of paper.

I transform "Work" in its analytic meaning (the Work of Mourning, the Dream-Work) into the real "Work" - of writing.

If you let society and your peers define who you are, you're the less for it.

Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch.

Every live thing is a survivor on a kind of extended emergency bivouac.

I've fallen for one girl too many who's wanted some variation of who I am and only that. It eats you alive.

I enjoy the work, I enjoy every minute of my professional life.

The authors of book reviews would consider themselves dishonored were they to mention, as they should, the subject of the book.

I don't mind being the center of attention as a character but in real life it's not for me.

The more visionary the idea, the more people it leaves behind.