The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost 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!

Monsters don’t exist. It’s men you should be afraid of, not monsters.

Wouldn't if be nice if our government, could make things beautiful because everybody cares!

... the desire for truth must take precedence over all other desires.

You should always take the best from the past, leave the worst back there and go forward into the future.

I take it as a given that God's knowledge of the Cerebus storyline dwarfs my own as God's knowledge of everything dwarfs my own.

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.

You can have small moments of happiness in life. You certainly can’t expect years and years of it.

I never got into fights with kids about whose dad is bigger and who can beat up who. What am I going to say? My dad can kill your dad when he's asleep?

To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love.

Entertainment has this way of resetting itself.