One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

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.

Every single day you make a choice, to be happy and enjoy the ride.....or to be sad worrying about your life. the choice is yours.

Ebola then turns the insides of its host into jelly: you begin to vomit black junk which is basically your dissolved liver and internal organs.

To hope is a long run but hopelessness is wrongdoing to your soul.

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.

In the mental disturbance and effort of writing, what sustains you is the certainty that on every page there is something left unsaid.

Half the time I pick up a book, that's what I'm trying to get.

Solutions nearly always come from the direction you least expect, which means there's no point trying to look in that direction because it won't be coming from there.

When men live as if there were no God, it becomes expedient for them that there should be none.

Money to me is just the biggest blessing in the world that allows me freedom.

Along with voting, jury duty, and paying taxes, goofing off is one of the central obligations of American citizenship.