Who says that fictions only and false hair Become a verse? Is there in truth no beauty? Is all good structure in a winding stair?

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!

What I want is so simple I almost can't say it: elementary kindness.

The truth is, the source of existence is infinite and to discover the essence of it is an unfolding that lasts for eternity.

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.

I felt the vulnerability, the fragility of the children of the world, and how it was, nonetheless, on their frail shoulders that we loaded the weight of our weary hopes and eternal new beginnings.

Sins may be forgiven. Crimes require punishment.

I was not the kid that hung out at the arcade.

Running is 80 percent mental.

We knew we did not want to record at Impulse Studios again, after the experience of recording in a 'real' studio in London for the Radio One session we did.

It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar terms with people you are continually trying to screw.