None is borne Master.

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!

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.

Life is the greatest sacred existence.

He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.

I don't have any fear of death. I do, however, have an inordinate fear of becoming dependent on other people. To me, that's the severest test, not death.

When you write a book, you want to have fidelity to the character. Characters and their emotions guide the structure of the novel.

I'm in no rush to become extremely famous.

The reason I became such a successful athlete was my mind was saying that no matter who you put up against me, I am better, I am the best.

We all understand that compromise is part of the legislative process, yet at the same time, I would submit that wilderness is not for sale.

Loyalty cannot be too liberally insisted upon. Altruism in nature remains an exception. It poses a puzzle, being in prima facie conflict with the survival of the fittest and most selfish.