He that hath lands hath quarrells.

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 were so many things we left unsaid. Depending on how you look at it, whether you think it was worth saying it out loud, or better kept inside.

Women always bring it back to the personal, ' said Handsome. 'It's why you can't be world leaders.''And men never do, ' I said, 'which is why we end up with no world left to lead.

Growing up, I have discovered over time, is rather like housework: never finished.

If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.

People will buy snake oil from anybody who seems to be selling it in a persuasive way.

Marry an orphan: you'll never have to spend boring holidays with the in-laws.

Ahh, Earth Day, the only day of the year where being able to hacky-sack will get you laid.

I felt very bad in Washington. . . I didn't like my job, and I didn't know what was going to happen to me, and I was cold and half-hungry, so I wrote a great many poems.

Writing is so hard. And then, sometimes, it is so bewilderingly easy.

Men are cruel, but Man is kind.