I count him lost who is lost to shame.

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.

Overeating at Thanksgiving is a case in point. It's a national tradition.

Often ill comes from the good, as good from ill.

Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins.

Antithesis is the narrow gateway through which error most prefers to worm its way towards truth.

Man is a fighting animal; his thoughts are his banners, and it is a failure of nerve in him if they are only thoughts.

Whatever your goal in life, unless you develop a great urgency, what could be near will be far away.

Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.

Why does anything ever happen? Some things happen and some don't.

A love that is based on the goodness of those whom you love is a mercenary affair.

All good men and women should be on their guard to avoid guilt, and even the suspicion of it.