Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!

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.

Rainbows can’t rise without storms.

Hundreds of young barefoot, long-haired, newly converted believers flocked to the church, and they brought their guitars with them.

The image of the Lord has been replaced by a mirror.

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.

Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.

Fable has strong shoulders that carry far more truth than fact can.

Marriage is a very long process.

Nothing he knew of, enunciated life like death.

You take something from your past that you're somewhat ashamed about and you write about it from another character's point of view.

When I wake up in the morning, I've got a coffee and I'm in my own home studio just chilling... I make happy music.