Of the woes Of unhappy poverty, none is more difficult to bear Than that it heaps men with ridicule.

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.

Time (again, Time) like the soul, wears many faces, many bodies and climates and attitudes. The past is one face, the present a second and the future yet another.

I am the people the mob the crowd the mass. Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me?

Realism and art cannot live together.

Europe is usually where I am usually galloping around.

The design industry is really pathetic.

Squash - that's not exercise, it's flagellation.

My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do.

I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies.

The best break anybody ever gets is in bein' alive in the first place. An' you don't unnerstan' what a perfect deal it is until you realizes that you ain't gone be stuck with it forever, either.

Controversy for the sake of controversy is sin. Controversy for the sake of truth is a divine command.