There would be no great ones, if there were no little ones.

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!

If you want to know someone's character, give him power.

I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't.

TIME is not a thing that's ours to lose.

The gospel assures you that your value is not dependent on your looks or material possessions.

I think every player enjoys praise and I have to work extremely hard on the training ground to bring my game together.

Mistake, mistake, mistake. A strange word: stinging, somehow.

Necessity gives the law and does not itself receive it.

Hey, look, I just regenerated a finger. Guess which one.

All writers believe in the magic of books; Jim Hines has created a system where that magic becomes real, usable, and very definitely not always safe.

I let down my guard and my heart was as good as gone.