To waste one's breath; to pump into a sieve.

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.

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid - one must also be polite.

Sunlight is painting.

Letters form a by-path of literature, a charming, but occasional, retreat for people of cultivated leisure.

Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous.

I want TNA to grow as a company, it’s better for me as a performer and me as a businessman. But how can they grow if every chance they get they are constantly talking about up north and the WWE?

I don't really have a lot of appropriate feelings for people on an individual basis, but I've always wanted to make people happy.

Our perspectives on situations act like a lens through which we view the world.

Each of us is born with a life purpose. Identifying, acknowledging, and honoring this purpose is perhaps the most important action successful people take.

The history of the Internet is, in part, a series of opportunities missed.