If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints.

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!

An undisciplined mind is a wasted one, which will be reflected in the life of the one who possesses such a mind.

When you buy use your eyes and your mind not your ears.

I believe in the possibility of happiness if one cultivates intuition and outlives the grosser passions including optimism.

Alone. The saddest word in the world.

Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.

Fill yourself with love. Then you will learn everything you ever need to know about God and life.

Do you know what prayer is? It is not begging God for this and that. The first thing we have to do is to get you beggars to quit begging until a little faith moves in your souls.

[To the patronizing train conductor who had twice said, 'Auntie, give me your ticket':] Which of my sister's sons are you?

My parents have been together for 65 years. They're both really stubborn. They're not quitters.

Don’t, Cassandra. (Wulf) Oh, please. I just want to choke her for a few minutes. (Cassandra)