Soft and faire goes farre.

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!

Make it your goal to become more like Christ by refusing to let sin have its way, and pursuing instead that which is pure and good in the sight of God.

Put all thine eggs in one basket and - watch that basket.

Britain is rich in radicalism, and anyone who says that our society has drifted into fatalism and apathy should get out more.

I used to think that driving, sleepless, ambitious labor was what you needed to succeed.

When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw up your taxes.

Breakthrough happened around me when breakup happened within me.

You don't begin to live, until you've lost everything... I've lost everything three or four times. A perfect place to start.

If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.

From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.

I wasn't that interested in the dollars-and-cents part of business. My interest in starting Mary Kay Inc. was to offer women opportunities that didn't exist anywhere else.