It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.

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.

Pray more, worry less.

Some players need a boot up their backside. Other players need the arm

Battles I lose none I make crews run I get fools done, got ten fingers but only use one

As you get older, you change certain things.

it's a funny life. Either you don't make a red cent and you have all the time in the world, or else you get double the money and you don't have a moment to spend a penny of it.

Sin is never at a stay; if we do not retreat from it, we shall advance in it; and the farther on we go, the more we have to come back.

The communists were mainly responsible for the destruction of the Spanish anarchists. Not just in Catalonia - the communist armies mainly destroyed the collectives elsewhere.

If we don't learn how to cry, we can't be good Christians. This is a challenge. Don't be frightened of crying.

I leave no trace of wings in the air, but I am glad I have had my flight.

For as low as you go, ask God to take you that high.