I've seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.

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.

If you can't see God in all, you can't see God at all

Fun is essential to mastering the serious side of life. It provides the balance that keeps us sane

Most of us can as we choose make of this world either a palace or a prison.

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

I knew 'Mars Needs Moms! ' would be a movie seconds after the title came to mind. Similarly, I also knew that my daughter would be calling me a dork as a default term of endearment eventually.

Even people who don't believe in science still have to believe in gravity.

The best characters to play are the ones who have deep internal conflict.

A country whose culture is based on nonviolence will find it necessary to have every home as much self-contained as possible.

And the words we find are always insufficient, like love, though they are often lovely and all we have.

Never be afraid of a cliché, if it expresses what you wish to say.