That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.

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.

I know why logs spit. I know what it is to be consumed

I hope that we can bridge the worlds of appearances and of insights, and thus rescue art from triviality, from 'sensation' alone.

If you are saved, the work is only half done until you are employed to bring others to Christ.

If your ratings are high and there’s money being made, you’re allowed to be a perfectionist in television.

The conventions of an almighty agency tapping you for greatness and signing you up and telling you this is going to be the next big thing; that has not been my career.

Envy's a sharper spur than pay.

In the commerce of language use only coin of gold and silver.

Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found of the totality of their conditioning.

Anything’s possible, almost.

A worshiper's gift makes a statement about the worshiper and his God.