Men who only live to eat.

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.

Base your self-esteem on truth.

My friends joke that I’m dead until I get onstage. I’m dead right now as you’re speaking to me.

It's better to be slow and careful in the right direction than to be fast and careless on the wrong path. Be sure that you are on the right path before you begin to take your steps!

My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.

Love cannot exists as a duty; to tell a child that it ought to love its parents and its brother and sisters is utterly useless, if not worse.

I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures.

My image is very important to me. I want to bring a good face to my family. That's the way I've been raised.

People do things that turn out badly, often for the most benevolent of reasons.

To be right is dangerous, it has ever been the source of all intolerance.

When we pray, we don't change the world, we change ourselves.