By doing nothing we learne to do ill.

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 one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.

She was Black before it was fashionable to be Black.

What you want in life is possible to achieve. Find the courage and begin the work

God is using all of your experiences, both good and bad, to develop your character to match your calling.

Men expect too much, do too little.

A positive engagement to marry a certain person at a certain time, at all haps and hazards, I have always considered the most ridiculous thing on earth.

Creativity is not an ability that you either have or do not have. It is, for example, and this may surprise you, absolutely unrelated to IQ, provided you're intelligent above a certain minimal level.

My personal analysis is that, if you are concerned about U.S. foreign policy and getting into foolish wars, then Hillary Clinton is not your woman. On the other hand, I mean neither is Donald Trump.

Do not ever say to anybody it's time for us to have a woman in the leadership, because that's the least important selling point.

One must regard the hyphen as a blemish to be avoided wherever possible.