Every man's credit is proportioned to the money which he has in his chest. [Lat., Quantum quisque sua nummorum condit in area, Tantum habet et fidei.]

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.

Because love was not the answer to every question. Because real love meant sacrifice. Sometimes love means letting go.

My mother remains unmatched in quality, competent in business process, and is never contested for any faults

Always act as if you were seen.

I remember being a kid and sleeping over at my friend's house and staying up late and watching 'Nosferatu.' Vampire movies are supposed to be secret and bad. They should be rated R.

Perhaps its inevitable, perhaps one has to choose between being nothing at all and impersonating what one is.

The 'Enlightenment', which discovered the liberties, also invented the disciplines.

The only thing privacy laws accomplish is making the bugs smaller.

I understand that we are actually complicated people but we are also dreadfully simple.

All great ideas start as weird ideas. What now seems obvious, early on, is not obvious to anybody.

Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero.