He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.

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.

To be a successful fiction writer you have to write well, write a lot … and let ‘em know you’ve written it! Then rinse and repeat.

Your life is a reflection of your thoughts and actions--what will you reflect?

We do not have control over many thingsin life and deathbut we do have controlover the meaning we give it.

I do not believe that I am now dreaming, but I cannot prove that I am not.

You need to take your gut feeling as an important data point, but then you have to consciously and deliberately evaluate it, to see if it makes sense in this context.

If there's a God, I want to see Him. It's pointless to believe in something without proof.

An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than like the reader from the expression to the thought.

Las Vegas: It was not cafe society, it was Nescafe society

Freedom of religion has been replaced by freedom from religion.

You are always a winner. Sometimes you win, sometimes you make others win.