In a retreat the lame are formost. [In a retreat the lame are foremost.]

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!

Nothing proves evolution more than the survival of the religious belief. It shows we are still fearful, partially formed animals with a terror of death and the dark

I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of gratitude.

It's good that it hurts. Pain is the signal that you're confused, that you're in a lie.

Toil is the true knight's pastime.

Her skin is pale as watermelon sucked free of its juices.

How do you want to create peace, if there is no peace inside yourselves?

I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people. And that I've done.

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.

By pursuing the things you love, all the other things in life will fall into order.

[the best advice about women] was from Robert Evans. The line was in his book, but he told me, "When it comes to a woman's mind, I know nothing."