A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well. [Lat., Mulieri nimio male facere melius est onus, quam bene.]

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.

SALLY: Grab what you want and hope for the best.

The Highest Heavens is the throne of the Holy One.

The one thing you share with every mortal is death.

Do we not see all humans unaware Of what they want, and always searching everywhere, And changing place, as if to drop the load they bear?

When I was a kid, I just devoured TV 24 hours a day. Now that it's actually available 24 hours a day, I'm usually busy doing other stuff. But I do watch TV when I can.

If you can't stand solitude, perhaps others find you boring as well.

Spirit is the vast stillness which is behind all created things.

Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure.

Transcendence means going beyond duality. Attachment means remaining within duality.

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.