The first and last frosts are the worst.

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!

Cowgirl Courage isn't the lack of fear, but the courage to take action in the face of fear.

Fangs out? Check. Claws sharp? Check. Plan? Plan? What plan? I’m making this up as I go.

Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.

Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever must be learned must be learned the hard way.

The powers know that the people at large are like children whose despair, sorrow, and tears can be turned into joy with a little toy. ... An army and navy represents the people's toys.

Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain.

Life's too short to be bitter, I'm too short to be bitter.

We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of life on earth.

Ours is not a joy born of having many possessions, but of having encountered a person: Jesus in our midst.

I don't like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it's too real and unpleasant for me.