Honesty's praised, then left to freeze.

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.

Deep in her heart, she wasn't sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed...normal.

I guess it all depends on whom you ask and when you ask. Race, I've learned, is in the eye of the beholder.

No new sect ever had humor; no disciples either, even the disciples of Christ.

Life is a continuous process of adjustment.

There's an old line that goes like this: An optimist is usually happy. And a pessimist is usually right. Maybe so. But which would you rather be, anyway?

Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy.

If we get it wrong about Jesus, it doesn’t matter what else we get right.

The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories.

Have you two made friendly with the privates yet? (Eros)

Just another four-letter word.