He--the country parson--is not witty or learned or eloquent, but holy.

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!

I long fora little life, an everyday life, a splash of sunlightthrough a windowa smile from a stranger -a heart to hold in mine.

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease affecting the central nervous system (CNS: the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves). It is not contagious.

For out of the perverse will came lust, and the service of lust ended in habit, and habit, not resisted, became necessity.

When you've attained to your hidden within your apparent vice versa, know that you have reached Eternal Time, and Divine Presence. The Communion is in the Breath.

People may ask "why do you laugh at simple things?" Tell them that why don't you? Life is too short to make it so miserable.

Could it be that there were other things more desirable than cold logic and undefiled brain power?

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake.

The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of what they were; lying about it, trying to be somebody else.

I like when people question if the characters are really villains or protagonists. These types are very interesting to write about.

Those who speak against the great do not usually speak from morality, but from envy.