Riches, rightly used, breed delight.

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.

Your potential exceeds your beliefs. Be courageous and chose the impossible.

I don't find it a struggle to maintain a healthy diet now as my palate has changed. I don't crave rich food.

The best conducting technique is that which achieves the maximum musical result with the minimum effort. The only general rule is to infuse all gestures with precision, clarity, and vitality.

When we stand for social justice, we testify to the presence of the Kingdom.

Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.

I love the idea of biracial. I actually don't use the word biracial. I tend to use mixed. Biracial to me accentuates the word race, and, you know, I don't really care for it.

As a person, I believe that I am sensitive, which helped me be the artist I am.

Let us not be satisfied with a mediocre life.

But with the library, it's like catnip, I suppose: you begin to run in circles because there's so much to look at and read.

I think Hollywood's gotten more reactionary and conservative over the years, because there's no longer art in Hollywood. Art suffers in Hollywood.