The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.

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!

What can be added to the happiness of man who is in health out of debt and has a clear conscience?

Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

I've never found therapy to be a sign of weakness; I've found the opposite to be true. The willingness to have a mirror held up to you definitely requires strength.

People say, 'How's the record doing?' In the old days you'd say, 'We're at 600,000, it's doing great.' You don't say those things anymore. Those numbers are gone.

Most of my fights, I push the pace. I'm the aggressor.

People who say that violence doesn't accomplish anything have not read history. I don't celebrate that reality, but there you have it.

But infinite in pardon is my Judge.

I began to forget myself in the middle of sentences.

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

Anything we tell our kids about life is a placemarker until they figure it out for themselves.