Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.

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!

Freedom necessarily means that many things will be done which we do not like.

When the bishop farted we were amused to hear about it. Should the ploughboy find treasure we must be told. But when the ploughboy farts... er... keep it to yourself.

When you finally decide to face all your fears, then be assured that success is knocking at your door.

The real core of this book is about the open secrets that can fester in a community until an outsider raises questions.

The only thing that holds a marriage together is the husband being big enough to step back and see where the wife was wrong.

Mutual respect is very important in a relationship, and since my work is part of my life, he would have to respect it.

I think I've failed every test I've ever taken. If there was a failure I would have been it.

Oregon is outflanking California as the most left wing state in the union.

My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year and I always won. I'm an only child, and I could count on my mother's vote.

I was lucky. My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.