Would you know what money is, go borrow some.

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!

It is far better to know the painful truth than to live with a kindly falsehood.

Writers are like actors too. For every story we create, we must get under the skin of the characters and role play with our writing.

The life of hero is the tale of a person overcoming personal hardship and obstacles while striving to achieve an exultant victory that voices repressed citizens’ ecstatic thoughts and dreams.

By his stripes you are healed.

Somerset has a wonderful wildness about it - it hasn't been tamed. This is farming country, and there's a realness here - I love it.

If all the theories were correct, there wouldn't be a fish left in all of our lakes and rivers and streams.

It is a happy day when we come to know that with God's help, nothing is impossible for us.

The paper nominated me 12 or 13 times for the Pulitzer Prize.

Something small and quiet, like a match being struck, lights up the gloom inside of me.

Love is larger than life.