If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction.

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 theater is a communal event, like church. The playwright constructs a mass to be performed for a lot of people. She writes a prayer, which is really just the longings of one heart.

In his mind, that's what made a man a man, that he protected those he cared about. Those he loved.

I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest.

People think the leadoff spot is a big deal. I tell people you're going to lead off the first inning, and after that, you can be a No. 4 hitter or No. 3 hitter.

Little by little, bit by bit, family by family, so much good can be done on so many levels

Bakers bake bread, accountants manage accounts and entrepreneurs turn ideas into reality.

All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know, to be loved.

When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend.

God Himself begins to live in me not only as my Creator but as my other and true self.

They're getting crazier every day, the whole world's going crazy. And you got to take your mind out to keep your smile in place.