Pride perceiving humility honourable often borrows her cloak.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

I'd rather eat nothing than eat a carrot.

I'm a Christian first, and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don't you ever forget it.

In Australia, I'm built up as this comedy hero, which was never my intention.

There's no end to amazing grace.

But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading.

If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.

Lift your head up high, and scream to the world. I know I am someone, and let the truth unfurl.

Character: the grandest thing in the world.

Im an expert on surfing the channels, so Im always able to find something strange. Or I watch C-Span. I can watch a conference on oceanography, or whatever, for hours.

Feminism is not a patch; it is a whole new pattern which can only be realized by weaving a new garment, seamless from top to bottom and multicolored from the beginning.