To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.

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!

I felt like a Porsche that had learned it wasn't a bicycle anymore but was still taking part in bicycle races.

Time changes nothing, girl, but the size of your underwear. . .and hopefully your hairdo.

You are eternity's hostage A captive of mine.

God made me the way I am and I accept myself. I am who I am and I'm proud of myself.

I would like people to be moved to act collectively, to militate.

I got more true knowledge from reading the Book of God in one month, than I could ever have acquired from all the writings of men.

If we can know the beauty God is forming in us, we can bear the pain He allows in our lives.

The most amazing feeling I feel Words can't describe what I'm feeling for real Maybe I paint the sky blue My greatest creation was you.

It's hard to imagine a civilization without onions; in one form or another their flavor blends into almost everything in the meal except the desert.

Since I was the stupidest kid in my class, it never occurred to me to try and be perfect, so I've always been happy as a writer just to entertain myself. That's an easier place to start.