Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.

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.

Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it.

You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.

The future is just wasted on some people.

People concerned about inflation today tend to buy big houses and nice cars.

The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.

The horrible pleasure of pleasing inferior people.

Truths turn into dogmas the instant that they are disputed. Thus every man who utters a doubt defines a religion.

I'm a horror movie fanatic.

Have you ridden over anyone you shouldn't?

It helps, I think, to consider ourselves on a very long journey: the main thing is to keep to the faith, to endure, to help each other when we stumble or tire, to weep and press on.