Courage in danger is half the battle.

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.

Never let anything be a setback in your life, not even your thoughts, words nor actions.

When it comes to fashion, I love skinny jeans, a simple top, and a great handbag.

Quand notre coeur a fait une fois sa vendange, Vivre est un mal. Once our heart has been harvested once, Life becomes miserable.

For years, I kept a Post-it note above my desk. WORK NOT LOVE! was what it said. It seemed a sturdier kind of happiness.

A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy.

In some ways truth is stranger than fiction.

It was good, really, that this external world still existed, if only as a place of refuge.

Self pity becomes your oxygen. But you learned to breathe it without a gasp. So, nobody even notices you're hurting.

No life is complete without a touch of madness.

Methinks sometimes I have no more wit than a Christian.