Do you expect, forsooth, that a mother will hand down to her children principles which differ from her own?

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.

A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still

God is faithful, He will fulfill His word

There is nothing humble about this woman.

My dear boy, looking like a thing has little to do with being a thing. Be the thing first, and you will grow to resemble it.

You can twist perception, reality won't budge

A woman indeed can't properly be said to choose, all that is allowed her, is to refuse or accept what is offered.

There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.

How gratifying to be there when arrogance collapses. How much more so to be the instrument. (Alfred Gillette)

No matter how hard you train, Somebody will train harder. No matter how hard you run, Somebody will run harder. No matter how hard you want it, Somebody will want it more, I am Somebody.

If aliens came down and challenged us to a Battle of the Bands to decide the fate of Planet Earth, I would feel very confident putting early Van Halen forward as our champion.