Much effort, much prosperity.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

Association with other people corrupts our character

In our hyper-secular world, worship is still inevitable. But it is vital to remember that our gods don't choose us, we choose them.

There would be no great men if there were no little ones.

I'm not a Mensa member. I have no idea where that rumor came from. I never have been, and I doubt if I ever will be.

Stick it up your crack, you warped son of a mutant b*tch!

There are certain qualities of light that blur the years.

Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.

I haven't been down to Navy Pier in such a long time. I know that's probably the touristy thing to do, but it just reminds me so much of 2000 when I was here shooting ["Hardball"].

Music is the reaching out towards the utmost realities by means of ordered sound.

There is an important erotic element in A Thousand and One Nights, which is one of the keys to understanding the Orient.