The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.

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.

God is busy and has no time for you.

It's harder to heal than it is to kill.

By not sharing our interests, talents and abilities, we limit our possibilities.

Not just when its easy. All the time.

It seems the less I do and say, the better everyone likes my work!

I've written some standalone novels, but a book series allows fans in. There's much more intense involvement.

I moved to New York to do a play when I was 18.

Music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.

The spread of personal ownership is in harmony with the deepest instincts of the British people. Few changes have done more to create one nation.

This (George W. Bush's) administration is not sympathetic to corporations, it is indentured to corporations