Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, 'T is angels' music.

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!

The greenest of pastures are right here on earth.

In those glorious moments when someone sees, really sees, your art and bothers to tell you so, relish it!

Did you forget who I am? Finding out the lies of men is my specialty." -Vashti

Depression is anger slowed down; panic is grief speeded up.

A truly peaceful mind is very sensitive, very aware.

We wouldn't care so much what people thought of us if we knew how seldom they did.

Forgive offences by the million. And if you love all unselfishly, all will by degrees come to love one another.

Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience.

. . . every age thinks it is perfect, especially in religion.