That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.

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.

If UEFA will not embrace video technology, then we need two more officials behind the goals to help the referee.

The wages of sin is alimony.

I know what is going on," said Sir. "I am the Boss! Of course I know!

I was just about to begin writing Mirror Mirror, within about a week of it, when September 11, 2001 happened. I found myself incapable of caring about fiction-making for a number of months.

Under our Constitution, presidents have something called 'veto power.

History is the story of warfare between secret societies.

Criticism is a life without risk.

Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months.

I believe one can gauge a book's impact only after about 10 years.

Every part of you that you do not love will regress and become hostile towards you.