The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile. [The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.]

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!

The service of God is in people

It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

It is true, indeed, that the account Plato gives in 'Timaeus' is different from what he says in his so-called 'unwritten teachings.'

All creative work begins by doing something with the hands. Creation is simply a problem and design is the way out.

Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses.

As long as you have the courage to admit mistakes, things can be turned around.

HBO does something that most networks don't do which is give a show a chance to find their voice.

Time is a trust, and for every minute of it you will have to account.

The manner of a vulgar man has freedom without ease, and the manner of a gentleman has ease without freedom.

The more we can put the camera in a better place, the more we can take the audience on a more extreme journey with that character.