Know not what you know, and see not what you see. [Lat., Etiam illud quod scies nesciveris; Ne videris quod videris.]

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.

There is nothing political about American literature.

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

The only way to maximize potential for performance is to be calm in the mind.

There was no particular point at which I stopped being promising.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

People bring to what they see and feel, the inner weather of their souls and complexion of their minds.

If we grow wiser and more learned in our intercourse with wise and learned persons, how much more will we gain in our inner life by communing with God in prayer.

Something magic happens when I get to a club or get on stage.

I don't want to get into an argument at the bar with some old racist homophobic person.

Some people have called me arrogant or believe that is my reputation, which is far from what I really am like.