Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?

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!

The joy from eating does not come from the exclusivity of the food, but instead from the sensitivity that we eat it with.

Death is not a trip, but a destination.

A bad war is fought with a good mind.

Everyone only hears what he understands.

We're talking too much about what goes on in the stands, nothing about what goes on on the court.

Do you have a sleeping bag?” I stared at him. “No. I lost it in the great salt-dip of ’06.

The newspaper journalists like to believe the worst; they can sell more papers that way, as one of them told me himself; for even upstanding and respectable people dearly love to read ill of others.

If you want to follow your dreams, you have to say no to all the alternatives.

We hear the word Warrior used to describe women and men who show up, give their very best, and refuse to quit until the goal is reached.

Magic realism - somebody used that phrase the other day that is familiar with South American literature. That rang a bell. It resonates with me.