One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

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!

Heaven knows where I'll end up - it's a safe bet I'll never be at the top of anything! Nor do I particularly care to be.

You can know something is a lie when it has no love in it.

With gritty action and realistic science, Peter Watts brings to life a dark and vivid world.

I love Dickens. I love the way he sets a scene.

Trust funds can never be a substitute for a fund of trust.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

Concerning great things one should either be silent or speak loftily.

Every element of our own self-reliance must be put to death by the power of God.

If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: 'It seemed like a good idea at the time.'

East, to the dawn, or west or south or north! Loose rein upon the neck of - and forth!