Virtue is the only and true nobility. [Lat., Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus.]

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.

Truth is only what we like to hear....

Don’t limit your potential, embrace then accentuate the Power of your Heart’s consciousness.

Talents too many, not enough of any.

Some think they are seeking their own soul's truth but the greater Soul is thinking and seeking through them

The man that blushes is not quite a brute.

It is necessary, if one would read aright, that he should read at least two newspapers, representing both sides of important subjects.

The last time I put on this uniform (Cincinnati), I think I was eight, for a father-son game.

Without travel I would have wound up a little ignorant white Southern female, which was not my idea of a good life.

I wasn't sure I wanted to be an actor.

We were just hanging out and getting to learn about each other. But I think trust was a really big thing. Patti [Smith] is a good friend, somebody I can talk to.