The venal herd. [Lat., Venale pecus.]

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.

Their courtship unfolded in two settings, a Russian reality overlaid with New York memories

An unshared life is not living. He who shares does not lessen but great-ens his life.

An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself.

The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon.

Nothing develops intelligence like travel.

Prison has humbled me in a lot of ways, because when you go to prison, I became 11 R 2024 you know, I wasn't Ja Rule the superstar. I wasn't any of that. I was just a regular inmate.

The loss of music is very painful, and I don't revisit stuff unless there is a solid reason to do it.

Even though my grandparents live overseas and are so far away and we talk as much as we can, we don't see each other that often.

I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school.

You get what you think about whether you want it or not.