Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.

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 passing time is painful. I have lost the art of moving simply, naturally, within it. I am swept back against its flow. Angry, vindictive, it pierces me all the time, all the time with its spikes.

I am a follower of Jesus and a student of the Buddha. Why is that so hard for my fellow Christians to grasp?

You’ve missed a lot of things. But mostly I think you’ve missed several opportunities to leave. Let me assist you to the door so that you won’t miss this next one.

I've just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired.

In the most advanced state of love we don't love for any reason or purpose. We don't even direct our love necessarily to an object.

Your future and mine are determined by this one thing: seeking after the Lord.

I believe that George Bush won the election through the vote of the people and the way our republic is set up. All we did was follow the law in the Department of State.

When I stopped performing for 16 years and lived in Michigan and was married and raising my children, I wrote about four or five books. I haven't published them.

Like the dew on the mountain, like the foam on the river, like the bubble on the fountain, thou art gone, and for ever!

People just love to be entertained, and in order to entertain them, you have to do things in a way that they understand.