The back-doore robs the house.

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!

From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important.

Things fall apart. But things don't just fall apart. People break them.

I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people.

If coming up with ten ideas sounds too hard, then come up with twenty.

The countries that have collected the most development aid are also the ones that are in the worst shape. Despite the billions that have poured in to Africa, the continent remains poor.

Nature has not got two voices, you know, one of them condemning all day what the other commands.

What's wrong with being number two?

The lion's share of the bear market is over, ... It's a two-part issue. Yes, the marketplace could be nasty. But there's a great deal of nastiness that's already happened in the bond market.

Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.

When the waitress asked if I wanted my pizza cut into four or eight slices, I said, 'Four. I don't think I can eat eight.'