If the gods do evil then they are not gods.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

My hat's in the ring. The fight is one and I'm stripped to the buff.

If women had to promise to provide for a man for a lifetime before he removed his veil and showed her his smile, would we think of this as a system of female privilege?

Russia does not control oil prices - OPEC does. So Russia is a hostage in the hands of those who control these prices

In technology, we spend so much time experimenting, fine-tuning, getting the absolute cheapest way to do something - so why aren't we doing that with social policy?

Your future is co-created out of what you do today. Do you act from fear or faith? You get to choose.

When I make exciting plays, it's usually because I was in the right place at the right time.

Your opinion is nothing but your point of view.

And these things are pretty much foundational: thou shall not kill, steal, bear false witness. All these things are embedded into the laws we enjoy in our nation.

I'd like to have permanent time off, really. The goal is financial security and permanent time off, basically.

Who said time machines haven't been built yet? They already exist. They're called books