A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

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

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.

Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

It is essential to our health and happiness that we dedicate ourselves to some kind of mission or purpose that transcends the mundane hustle and bustle of daily living.

We must have taken a wrong turn turning somewhere.""Where, Purgatory?" said Dozy. "We're in Hell.

Some days being a writer consists of telling yourself you aren't insane, your characters are.

I don't think so, I don't agree. The most unbearable thing I think by far, she said, is hope.

The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.

Never mishandle hope or self-confidence - those are elements of life, not just a game.

The one reality science cannot reduce is the only reality we will ever know.

I had done a little bit one other time. This character [in Jack Reacher] is a psychopath, but I had been hired by Carlton Cuse and Randall Wallace.

We're going to spend our entire future living in tomorrow-investing now, when it's difficult, is the single best moment.