Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.

The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

The arrows are from her dowry.

The abject pleasure of an abject mind And hence so dear to poor weak woman kind. [Lat., Vindicta Nemo magis gaudet, quam femina.]

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.

Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher.

At some point, if you're changing a really deep-seated behavior, you're going to have a moment of weakness.

If this Punic war was carried on without any effusion of blood, it was owing much less to the moderation than to the weakness of the contending prelates.

I personally favor old mechanical watches, but my snobbery does not extend to demanding that all people wear them. My snobbery demands that no one wear a digital.

Life is a thump ripe melon, so sweet and such a mess.

Though there is something cruel about being in Hawaii and you have a computer in front of you the whole time.

I've always been extremely physical.

Try reading the Book of Mormon because you want to, not because you have to. Discover for yourself that it is true.

Don't ever give up on your dream. Ever.

I finally figured out how to read origami directions.