Seek not to shine by borrow'd lights alone.

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.

A sunshine can bring opportunities for a person's life and you should never be disappointed if it shines on you because if you disregard it, you will miss the moment of great luck.

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The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong - but that's the way to bet.

Another ten points from Gryffindor,” said Snape. “I would expect nothing more sophisticated from you, Ronald Weasley, the boy so solid he cannot Apparate half an inch across a room.

I've always felt that because I'm from Cleveland, which isn't recognised as a place for hip-hop, I needed to step it up if I wanted to make myself known.

What marriage is to morality, a properly conducted licensed liquor traffic is to sobriety.

I'm in film school, so I really have to sock away my money for school, tuition, and so on, and I really don't have time.

Suffering is not an elective; it is a core course in the University of Life.

Everyone is a virtuoso on his own instrument, but together they add up to an intolerable cacophony.

Every Kenyan writer has offered me something to hold onto, something to believe in.