Of what avail are pedigrees?

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.

If it's true what is said, that only the wise discover the wise, then it must also be true that the lone wolf symbolizes either the biggest fool on the planet or the biggest Einstein on the planet.

There is grace for forgiveness.

In Sarasota, Florida, Stephen King reminded me of the joy of just writing every day.

You should write a book, " Matrick suggested.Kit snorted. "Who wants to read the self-pitying lamentations of an old revenant?""There's your title right there, " said Ganelon.

Believe me, the hardest thing for a man to give up is that which he really doesn't want, after all.

Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.

Millions of people profess and call themselves Christians, whom the Apostle Paul would not have called Christians at all.

Put not your trust in new leaders, better systems, new organisations or regulatory reorganisation. They may well be good and necessary, but will to some degree fail.

There is no doing in the world without being first.

I'll tell you what I was like as a child. I was a good person. I was high-spirited but I was a big reader.