Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.

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!

I believe in love at first sight, and I believe that’s what we’ve got going here. I was willing to die for you. I’m sure as hell not going to pass up a chance to live with you.

It is not enough to hope for something to happen and throw it into the universe. You, too, must also work to make it happen.

Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.

Entrepreneurs are visionaries - they see things other people don't see.

A whole generation of young whites have involved themselves with traditional Negro music.

The final test of truth is ridicule. Very few dogmas have ever faced it and survived.

A problem adequately stated is a problem well on its way to being solved.

Zen is non-serious. Zen has a tremendous sense of humor. No other religion has evolved so much that it can have that sense of humor.

Your life~the way it looks today is a result of your choices...What will you choose today for your tomorrows?

It is precisely those artists and writers who are most inclined to think of their art as the manifestation of their personality who are in fact the most in bondage to public taste.