The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.

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.

When at last I came upon the right book, the feeling was violent: it blew open a hole in me that made life more dangerous because I couldn't control what came through it.

Prune the ill branches so that a tree grows.Prune the dilapidated buildings so that a city flourishes.

The dead outnumber the living fourteen to one, and we ignore the accumulated experience of such a huge majority of mankind at our peril

Unfortunately robots capable of manufacturing robots do not exist. That would be the philosopher's stone, the squaring of the circle.

Recognizing the connection to All Things, even in creepy moments, keeps me true to my animistic perspective. Finding growth from them is my choice.

The expenses required to prevent a war are much lighter than those that will, if not prevented, be absolutely necessary to maintain it.

More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the spirit in which the teaching is given

You can have too much champagne to drink but you can never have enough.

What man has more than enough and gives it to the world? Only the man of Tao.

Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead