When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by, 'Let us,'said he,'pour on him all we can: Let the world's riches, which disperse' d lie, Contract into a span'.

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!

When the mind gets a solution [settlement], it is considered religion. It is considered irreligion when the mind does not get a solution.

History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need the remainder is needed by others.

In the course of history many more people have died for their drink and their dope than have died for their religion or their country.

Before a shoot, I'll watch what I eat. During the shoot, I watch what I eat. Afterwards, the first thing I do is go have a steak and French fries.

The difficulty of explaining ‘why I am a Catholic’ is that there are ten thousand reasons all amounting to one reason: that Catholicism is true.

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

It's a drought in your brain.

Be curious. Be constantly, consistently, indiscriminatel y curious.

I crammed my exams in London and did fine.