He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.

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.

Was I on a hangover?

Watch the stars, and from them learn.

The place that seems most dangerous is exactly where safety lies.

Studios just sometimes make decisions on their own that you're always flabbergasted by. It just happens that way for whatever reason - not even pointing fingers, it just is.

You don't understand music: you hear it. So hear me with your whole body.

Death makes a beautiful appeal to charity. When we look upon the dead form, so composed and still, the kindness and the love that are in us all come forth.

It's not what the mind says. It's how seriously it is taken.

It was a joint, which put it one slippery step up from a dive.

It was a terrifying feeling. And if it was love, he wanted none of it.

Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.