A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan.

The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

The arrows are from her dowry.

The abject pleasure of an abject mind And hence so dear to poor weak woman kind. [Lat., Vindicta Nemo magis gaudet, quam femina.]

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.

Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true.

History is a big word... History is not the sort of animal you can domesticate.

I believe a calm dog is a happy, obedient dog that won't get into trouble.

I wanted to be John Cleese. It took me some time to realise that the job was taken.

The study of Zen is a retraining. It is a series of new ways, not just one way, to learn to use your mind more efficiently.

How do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.

We also have to intensify our air strikes against ISIS and eventually support our Arab and Kurdish partners to be able to actually take out ISIS in Raqqa, end their claim of being a Caliphate.

The light of love flows out of my soul, but it can go nowhere because it's blocked by pain. I could inhale and exhale every morning for the rest of my life, but that wouldn't solve anything.

Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill.