The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish.

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.

Women were very queer. Unexpectedly cruel and unexpectedly kind.

... you only know what I want you to know, you only see what I want you to see."...Wade: " I don't care! I am in love with your mind, with the person you are. I couldn't care about the packaging.

I think it's really important to create spiritual revolutionaries.

There is something that pretends to be christianity which is mostly mood. The measure of its faith is merely the measure of its feeling.

The nature of what the Divine notices about you is completely different from the nature of what you do to get noticed.

For the Soul of France is masterful history, brilliantly researched, and hard to put down.

I think you can be defiant and rebellious and still be strong and positive.

One cannot with impunity try to transfer this task entirely to mechanical assistants if one wishes to figure something, even though the final result is often small indeed.

If you don't want temptation to follow you, don't act as if you are interested.

You have a wonderful organization. I understand you have ten thousand here. And if you count the ones in the various federal prisons, it brings your total membership up to around thirty thousand.