Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

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.

challenges

Final authority in the spiritual world does not tend to come from any kind of agenda success but from some kind of suffering. Insecurity and impermanence are the best spiritual teachers.

Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow.

Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide.

If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.

There are no short cuts to the top.

I don't think President Bush is doing anything at all about Aids. In fact, I'm not sure he even knows how to spell Aids.

I don't write a great song every day. I don't write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random times.

Misery loves company, but happy is a better friend.

I hope you are never victims, but I hope you have no power over other people.