He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.

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.

His work seems to confirm my old axiom: it is useless to try to keep the whole body alive.

Success won’t happen overnight

It is in the darkest hour that a star reveals its brightest light.

He that can't endure the bad will not live to see the good.

If it is true that wars are won by believers, it is also true that peace treaties are sometimes signed by businessmen.

Composing is a slowed-down improvisation; often one cannot write fast enough to keep up with the stream of ideas.

When I see a child who is hungry, I see a person who is humiliated.

The emotion felt by a man in the presence of nature certainly counts for something in the origin of religions.

Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.

Don't think. The worst songs I've ever written happen when I think.