The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

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!

I always used to read aloud to her in the evenings--

Humans are part of nature, and nature is one great big wood chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones, and hair.

The harder life is for a man when he is young, the easier it will be in the future.

It's money. I remember it from when I was single

I was such a geek in school.

My younger years were filled with fear; my todays are filled with confidence.

I rarely buy a shoe that is completely specific to a time and outfit. I generally tend to spend money on good shoes that can go with everything.

Tatiana and the soldier were having a silence

If you aren't passionate about a vision, it's hard to have faith in it.

People would pull the rug out from under me. So I learnt how to dance on a moving carpet.