'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

The fact of God is necessary for the fact of man. Think God away and man has no ground of existence.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which is a pity because this week the National Association of Beholders wrote to tell me that I've got a face like a rucksack full of dented bells.

Histories, chronologies and almanacs offer us the illusion of progress, even though, over and over again, we are given proof that there is no such thing.

You can hate a person with your whole body, but love is a stubborn thing, it clings on in your heart.

Football lost its excitement for me.

And as she jogged out of sight, they could hear her muttering, "Tentacula. Devil's Snare. And Snargaluff pods. Yes, I'd like to see Death Eaters fighting those.

The connection, that's what's important - that through this medium we can, perhaps, understand and touch each other.

In a dark time, the mind begins to see.

Love didn't always solve the problem; sometimes it became the problem.

You don't need the frills and thrills to make something amazing. I think that's what inspires me with the blues.