Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death. [Old men, when they scorn young, make much of death.]

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!

One good thing about lovers is that they don't take up much room on public transport.

The character was created by you, if you kill yourself you kill the character, it happen because you done it... you don't realise it!

Cutting benefits is not the right answer. Raising the retirement age is not the best option.

I wanna get a little drunk, but I also want some pancakes.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

If I become president, France will not continue with the same policies as under Nicolas Sarkozy - both in domestic policy and in foreign and European policy.

We really don't need the United Nations approval to act. When it comes to our security, we do not need anyones permission.

If it were thought that anything I wrote was influenced by Robert Frost, I would take that particular piece of mine, shred it, and flush it down the toilet, hoping not to clog the pipes.

As actors, we are so privileged to do what we do and to give to the world and to choose the subject we want to say to the world.

I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that of tenacity of purpose.