Flame is very near to smoke.

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.

It is a frightening thing to love someone you know the world rejects.

Argument need not be heated

Happy the man who can count his sufferings.

Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that is the story we tell.

I do still love you. I don't love you enough to be able to give you the things we dreamed about and planned.

I think it's beautiful to be able to cover yourself in metal. I love the color and the way it reflects. But it is also a protection.

If reality is not what you want it to be, change it. You should not accept anything blindly, not death, not immortality.

What we call art would seem to be specialist artifacts for enhancing human perception.

Step 1 in casting vision is to make sure your people love Jesus more than they love the vision you are casting.

I love being backstage, or doing littler things like Blame Canada.