Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.

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.

Hard-core results come from igniting the massive power of emotional commitment. Are your people committed?

The 9/11 commission recommended the appointment of a national intelligence director with budgetary authority to better coordinate the work of the intelligence community and resolve differences.

I knew I was going to do something great. I knew I wasn't going to die 20 miles from where I was born, no 20 miles from where I lived.

Don't minimize the importance of luck in determining life's course.

Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man - for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs.

This search for perfection - which is a search for divinity - is nothing more than the failure to accept our existence the way it is.

Enthusiasm is like having two right hands.

I'm quite pregnant actually ... this is the adventure of a lifetime.

In bygone days, commanders were taught that when in doubt, they should march their troops towards the sound of gunfire. I intend to march my troops towards the sound of gunfire.

The more people learn about them (Obama and Hillary) and how they handle the pressure, the more their support will evaporate.