I wish it I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.

The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

The arrows are from her dowry.

The abject pleasure of an abject mind And hence so dear to poor weak woman kind. [Lat., Vindicta Nemo magis gaudet, quam femina.]

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.

Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

It's just me and my 6-month-old puppy. I am not dating anyone.

I don't care how much I'm talked about or hyped. It's still up to me to go out and perform.

Your dunce who can't do his sums always has a taste for the infinite.

I would have done anything to feel real again.

Leisure and the cultivation of human capacities are inextricably interdependent.

I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome.

A lot of hip-hop artists wear fur, and they think it's a status symbol. That doesn't register for me; I just see dead animals.

Canst thou, O partial sleep, give thy repose to the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude, and in the calmest and most stillest night, with all appliances and means to boot, deny it to a king?

Preparation is - if not the key to genius - then at least the key to sounding like a genius.