To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).

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!

There is a flaw in the operation of representative government. The flaw produces the growth of government.

I don't identify with anyone historically, but there are several people in the future who I am a dead ringer for.

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.

May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.

Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it.

You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you'll be O.K.

The shadows are only the darkest when the light is at its brightest.

The intention behind the protective use of force is to prevent injury, never to punish or to cause individuals to suffer, repent or change.

Nobody can influence me, nobody. Still less a woman. Women are important in a man's life only if they're beautiful and charming and keep their femininity.

Truth is suppressed, not to protect the country from enemy agents but to protect the Government of the day against the people.