If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains. If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.

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!

If I was going to act irresponsibly, the least I could do was be responsible for it.

I didn’t mind the quiet stretches. It was like we were trying out the idea of being side by side.

I think there is still pressure to marry. I think there is still pressure to have children. If you're middle or upper class, those pressures exist at a later age now.

All I want to do is give the world my heart... Record label tryina make me compromise my art.

When you're in your twenties, it's the last time you have the chance to experiment with multiple identities, to decide who you're going to be in life.

I like not to be good at anything, so I keep hopping around.

I have never known a more vulgar expression of betrayal and deceit.

Don't be afraid..." We need this reassurance. Even for those of us who believe implicitly in angels, to be confronted by one is an awesome thing."

It's ultimately the purpose of education to cultivate the love of learning for its own sake.

I mean I certainly like when I'm like talking to people I'm like what did you think, what did you think, what did you think? You know that's always in the back of my head.