He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.

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!

In your anger, zip your lips!

Lily white’s petals are at my feet anticipating the moment in which adventure and odyssey meet.

There is nothing worse for a young convert than to be thrust into leadership without mentoring and ongoing coaching because the devil relishes these vulnerable souls.

You don't get another chance, life is no Nintendo game.

It's about stories. If I can tell the story to America, whether it's Riesling or a boxer from Harlem, it will sell. I know on my gravestone it's going to be, 'Storyteller.'

I find the growing intervention by the football authorities in strictly footballing matters a rather worrying trend.

Some people can carry a tune, but they seem to stagger under the load.

Once a changemaker, always a changemaker but only a few swim against the tide.

White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.

April is the cruellest month.