Only death reveals what a nothing the body of man is.

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.

God will cause you to prosper, even when man says you won't.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

Eating ice cream and not exercising is great. The downside is your health isn't so good.

From age to age an enlightened person comes along, one who has made friends with God. They're usually forgotten or scorned.

There is in man a specific lust for cruelty which infects even his passion of pity and makes it savage.

My dad's Russian. My mother's English. I would say my bottom half is Russian.

Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart.

I don't believe there is any such definition, there is no such thing as evil, only moral judgments based on what society believes to be wrong behavior.