Be gentle with the young.

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.

Leadership is a process where a leader has a purpose oriented destination and lets the followers find the best way to get there with a common vision and goal.

Billions raised, billions spent. No idea where the money has gone. With a record like that the chancellor should be running for treasurer of the Labour Party.

Satisfying myself is the point in filmmaking, in my mind.

I don't look like a model; I'm a rock writer.

I think the lion, besides the elephant, was the one animal that I just started thinking about so much.

I am not a man of many words, but I can honestly say playing football is all I have ever wanted to do.

After the 2006 World Cup, I knew that you don't always need success, success, success on the pitch.

I have a lot of connection to Pataudi. I have spent a lot of time there and I love the place very much, but at no point, do I consider myself a Nawab.

Good, bad, or indifferent - it doesn't matter, just work.

Vimes stalked gloomily through the crowded streets, feeling like the only pickled onion in a fruit salad.