Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.

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!

It's better to dare to dream big and achieve half of your dreams than to dream small dreams and achieve all

Hold fast to the word of God.

How I hate the sight of an umbrella!

Why don't you light that candle ?

I was always more of an academic than a jock.

The people can have anything they want, the only problem is they do not want anything.

Stephen jerked his thumb towards the window, saying: — That is God. Hooray! Ay! Whrrwhee! — What? Mr Deasy asked. — A shout in the street, Stephen answered, shrugging his shoulders.

I like to think about the genre, the essay or the memoir, as much as I enjoy writing within its fluid parameters. And teaching allows me to think about it, to articulate it, and to explore it.

Decisions are being made a mile a minute while you're making the work, and it has to come out of experience and vision.

I think that's one of the most important gifts we have in television - the ability to heal through laughter.