The chicken is the country's but the city eats it.

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!

Shakespeare, ” he thought as he scribbled away. “Foolish fancy. This is life as it is lived.

Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.

There the poor have another advantage ... for they may defy not only death, but every loss by sea or land, for they have nothing to lose.

Israel fights back, which is very much at odds with the Jewish instinct to discuss and deconstruct everything until action itself seems senseless.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

Fashion is so subjective, and I think it should be playful.

The terrible thing is that one cannot be a Communist and not let oneself in for the shameful act of recantation. One cannot be a Communist and preserve an iota of one's personal integrity.

There are no training courses to make people bishops. You have to learn on the job.

You have to know the story that you're telling, and you have to know the tone in which the story is being told.

Obviously, it's great to know that your music is being listened to.