He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell. [Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]

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.

Motherhood by definition means a journey into the depths of one’s possibility.

Shadows were too black, and when a breeze stirred the trees, the shadows changed in a disquieting way.

When I am encouraged, I never see obstacles in my way, only exciting challenges.

...but it was just her mind playing cruel tricks, and she tried to push away the irrational thought that Richard was still in there, waiting for someone to save his life.

It is inconceivable to me that a million or three million or half a million human beings will think and feel precisely the same way on any single subject.

All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth.

We get what we deserve. They are our elected officials.

I believe that our national security lies not just in protecting our borders, but in bridging divides.

My ultimate style icon is Grace Jones.

Healing comes from taking responsibility: to realize that it is you - and no one else - that creates your thoughts, your feelings, and your actions.