I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.

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.

Every now and then when I feel the doubt, I look inside myself and I see the way. The whole world full of possibilities. So you could be you and I could be me.

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore there be any kindness I can show...let me do it now.

I really can't be bothered going to a barber. And shaving every morning, that's nightmarish. I spent my teenage years covered in tiny little bits of toilet paper.

Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

I understand China, and I understand the Chinese mind. I understand where they're coming from. They are not our friend.

[Wishing her mother had named her Beulah:] At least you did not sit on your beulah.

Donkeys have the courage to bray after the death of a lion. (not meant to glorify carnivorous practice).

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

I really do try hard to be a good teammate. I can't run very fast, but I try to always run hard. I may strike out a lot, but I try to walk to set up the guys who are hitting after me.