The evil that we know is best.

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.

Limitless Leadership is the secret ingredient that helps common people, create high performance teams, that achieve outstanding and uncommon results.

Wall Street sees a social fabric or social contract as inefficiencies, which need to be removed.

I don't necessarily write everything as automatically assuming it will be collected, there's nothing that says Hitman will be collected, though it might be.

A Christian who is not a revolutionary today isn't a Christian

Michelangelo's girlfriend, who said to Angelo, Forget the paint - let's put a mirror on the ceiling. Never got a dinner!

Love is a mess, at best, and I figure it can be very real in spite of all the things people try to attach to it.

Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.

Some people think it's wrong, being single isn't right. But if you hurt the right person, you'll be wrong all your life.

For what we cannot accomplish, what is denied to love, what we have lost in the anticipation a descent follows, endless and indestructible.

My gratitude to Ridley [Scott] isn't anything new. I named one of my kids after him. But he's a very important person to me.