If great men would have care of little ones, both would last long.

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!

We can live out our lives, and in the end realize that we never really ‘lived’ a day in our lives.

After twenty annual visits I am still surprised each time I return to see this giant asparagus bed of alabaster and rose and green skyscrapers.

The only constant in the technology industry is change.

All is one, all is different. How many natures exist in man? How many vocations? And by what chance does each man ordinarily choose what he has heard praised?

If people can construct a simple and coherent story, they will feel confident regardless of how well grounded it is in reality.

It's what you do to yourself when you go mad with rage. You have no idea how much you can hurt yourself with your own strength.

You appreciate that it is very easy to die and you have to arrange your life to cope with that reality.

Out of everyone at Manchester United, I would pick out Scholes, he is the best midfielder of his generation. I would had loved to play alongside him.

How slight a chance may raise or sink a soul!

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.