It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.

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.

Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.

You jeopardize all if move slowly on a fast lane.

Contemplation in life is more important than bullshit. So enjoy Silence.

More children suffer from interference than from non-interference.

I was the angriest daughter on earth, and also, one of the most devoted.

I was born on the same day as Edgar Allan Poe and Dolly Parton: January 19. I am absolutely certain that this affects my writing in some way.

So Orpheus did for his owne bride, So I unto my selfe alone will sing, The woods shall to me answer and my Eccho ring.

I'm looking for the teacher who is simple enough to be great, and great enough to be simple.

I am angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed at night instead of dancing or reading poetry or eating ice cream or kissing a boy.

And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself?