No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

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.

You ought to ask God for a specific task. And He will grant you grace to accomplish it.

Let those who love me follow me'Cora Pearl, on being the very first person to dye her hair red in 1864

You can have a knack for dancing, but you still have to practice till your feet are bleeding to be worthy of being in front of an audience.

I always joke around with my parents and say that if Hollywood doesn't work out I'll go to Broadway!

One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it.

Our enemies, like the Grecian hero, have one vulnerable point. You have not touched it yet. What should have been their element of weakness has been suffered to remain an element of strength.

Designers and photographers still want to work with me and I'm grateful for that. I don't know how long I'll carry on - as long as they'll have me.

I am skeptical in principle, gullible in practice.

I don't want someone photographing my cellulite - I can't take it!

In other words, the percentage change in book value in any given year is likely to be reasonably close to that year's change in intrinsic value.