Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.

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.

Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.

A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.

if i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death.

I think some of the special effects in Close Encounters hold up better than the new more expensive special effects is because they were better actually.

I think every part of our lives begins at an energetic level. Like creativity. You can't separate anything from that archetypal process.

Congratulations are in order for Woody Allen - he and Soon Yi have a brand new baby daughter. It's all part of Woody's plan to grow his own wives.

When you're feeling terrific, notify your face.

I never really drove a cab, but I do have a hack license in case of emergencies - like no money.

No, I'm not coaching. It's a huge responsibility to coach somebody.

All is procession; the universe is a procession with measured and beautiful motion.