The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts not.

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!

A good river is nature's life work in song.

A flower falls even though we love it. A weed grows even though we don't love it.

Do you know what Irish Alzheimer's is? It's when you forget everything but your grudges.

Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play.

We all just kinda did everything we thought we were supposed to do and girls dated the guys they were supposed to and did things with the guys they were supposed to.

The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error.

There are ways of being abandoned even when your parents are right there.

Life is too short to blend in.

What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances

Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going to get it.