It is our human lot, it is heaven's will, that sorrow follow joy.

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.

He took it out like a sprinter, and brought it home like a distance swimmer.

Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!

I have friends who read my books in Greek.

Nobody can fail to lose weight in the jungle, unless they've got a secret stash of pork pies somewhere.

Yoga helps me be a stronger runner. I can lose track of my form, and yoga reminds me how important it is.

Because I'm in advertising, not electricity!

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.

Science is about explaining the world, and religion is about interpreting it. There shouldn't be any conflict.

I think the collision between the First and Third world is going to become more and more conspicuous. It's the big cliff that we've all got to climb.

Celtic, like Barcelona, are more than a football club. Our clubs are a symbol of a culture and community that has not always been made welcome in their respective countries.