Nature confesses that she has bestowed on the human race hearts of softest mould, in that she has given us tears.

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.

Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!

When I'm home, I like a cozy, comfortable, calming space.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

I used to hold a unitary view, in which I proposed that only experienced happiness matters, and that life satisfaction is a fallible estimate of true happiness.

I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.

One of the things I have come up against time and again in my career is the notion that because a book is easy to read it was somehow easy to write.

Obamacare takes effect in less than eight months. Do you realize what this means? If you go to the emergency room now, you'll be covered by the time you finally see a doctor.

Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto.

Many confuse understanding with believing.

I'm emotionless right now. It's hard to describe how I'm feeling.