The maker of laws must be severe; who executes them must be generous.
Whoever tears his clothes must mend them himself.
If you tell people to live together, you tell them to quarrel.
He that hath no children doth bring them up well.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
If relatives help each other, what harm can be done to them?
It is more disgraceful to suspect our friends than to be deceived by them.
People count the faults of those who keep them waiting.
Marriage is like a groundnut: you have to crack them to see what is inside.
God gave us hands but He doesn't build bridges with them.
God gives us nuts but he does not crack them for us.
Those who don't understand prayer -- let them go to sea.
Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.
Hold your children with your heart but teach them with your hands.
If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself.
He could not wait to get rid of them so he could enjoy remembering them.
When Brocker arrived he took her hands and held them to his face and cried into them.
To hear them laugh was to hear that everything was all right, but to see them laugh was to see otherwise
Children might or might not be a blessing, but to create them and then fail them was surely damnation.
That was the biggest thrill, going over to these guy's houses and having them want me to practice with them and they would show me a lot of stuff, which was really advanced stuff to me at my age.
The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.
