If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people's wrath is as heavy as lead.

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.

Sometimes it's better to stop trying to make sense of things. Life isn't clear cut, there are always gray areas.

It takes a day to fall in love and a lifetime to forget.

Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed onto mankind.

My father was a Presbyterian minister, working among the poor in West Virginia. He had taken what amounted to a vow of poverty when he accepted that call and so we never had much money.

This is my first experience working in a foreign movie, but the mechanics, I think, are pretty much the same all over; you still have to wait in the trailer.

There are no laws, there are no rules, just grab your friend and love him.

If I ignore my work, I start having anxiety attacks.

Don’t stretch yourself too much with a mortgage. Buy within your means. It’s not worth the sleepless nights.

Too many Christians are stuffing themselves with gospel blessings while millions have never had a taste.

Nobody knows like a woman how to say things at the same time sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman; this is all of Heaven.