The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and women, old age is upon us.

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.

It may not of happened the way you thought it would, but in the long run it will work out as it should.

Enjoy it, learn from it and more than anything, never take your health for granted. Don’t just seize the day. Seize the moment. Every single one.

The only ride I’m interested in is on you, cowboy, but I’m sure all the women say that.

Life is too precious to worry about what could or will happen. Life is..what you make it

If my goals and victories can help the world remember Chernobyl and bring a smile to the face of the people still suffering then I dedicate all my success to them.

When a liar became too skilled at deception, he could lose the ability to discern truth, and could himself be more easily deceived.

As a rule of thumb I say, if Socrates, Jesus and Tolstoy wouldn't do it, don't.

There is nothing worse than having your personal problems become somebody else's entertainment.

I saw all those great '70s films when I was 9, and no one in my Brooklyn neighborhood cared if a kid watched an R movie.

College is a refuge from hasty judgment.