He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.

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!

The satisfactions/of agreement are/immediate as sugar--/a melting of the/granular, a syrup/that lingers, shared/not singular./Many prefer it.

Nothing in this physical world moves from disorder to order without intelligence and energy being applied to it.

And the hunger that once chewed at them like a mean dog now seems more like an annoying houseguest who simply refuses to leave.

I don't really believe you are married unless you have children. And people who only have one kid don't really have kids.

In our complex world, there cannot be fruitful initiative without government, but unfortunately there can be government without initiative.

Especially with comedy, you take massive risks because ultimately you're trying to be funny. If you're not funny, then it's really embarrassing and you look stupid.

It seems the public in Europe has not yet learnt that most girls in India today go to school.

If they are sufficiently complete to live, they do live, and it is well they should live. If they are not sufficiently complete to live, they die, and it is best they should die.

The stage is actor's country. You have to get your passport stamped every so often or they take away your citizenship.

Mysticism is not this or that particular cup on the table; it is the water poured into all of them.