Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.

As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry. [Lat., Uxorem accepi, dote imperium vendidi.]

You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.

Where there are friends there is wealth.

Spice a dish with love and it pleases every palate.

Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.

We can talk about it, dream about it and dissect the fine print.In the end, only action satisfies our longing.

The earth is man’s domain.

Chase after the truth like all hell.

When the peace of God follows the purity of God's wisdom into our hearts and lives, it will affect those around us.

In order to have a good hand, it must be light, gentle, and firm.

My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the great art of treading on the brink of the precipice without falling into it.

I've been very lucky in the characters I've chosen. Up until last year I was a nobody. I did jobs I booked because I needed to put food in my mouth.

There's a way of dealing with hardships that are healthier than going out. That's what I've learned.

My job is to make the whole executive team good enough to be successors, so that's what I try to do.

Marco [Rubio] has more of an allegiance to Chuck Schumer and to the liberals than he does to conservative policy.