Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime another a crown.

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.

The slogans “hang on” and “press on” have solved and will continue to solve the problems of humanity.

To become a better you, don’t keep doing the same things all the time.

Trying to understand man without recognizing him as imago Dei is like trying to understand a bas-relief without recognizing it as a carving.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

On the other hand, I would've been exceedingly rich, which would've been wonderful!

Do your best every time because by doing a thing well you build something valuable into yourself

Death is the ultimate disappointment

She hated the implied familiarity when customers requested things from her by name.

God of hope, I look to you with an open heart and yearning spirit. During this Advent season, I will keep alert and awake, listening for your word and keeping to your precepts. My hope is in you.

I think my writing is part of my ministry.