The itch of scribbling.

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.

People can destroy people

The best gifts are never given, but claimed.

But they say that people who aren't confident in themselves tend to be more flashy

This, however, is a passing nightmare; in time the earth will become again incapable of supporting life, and peace will return.

A man is most efficient and will more quickly and easily succeed when engaged in work that he loves, or work that he performs in behalf of some person whom he loves.

I think when hundreds of thousands of lives are on the line, you might have to set aside some principles.

I feel like there are too many words in the world, and I think silence is so much more powerful than the glut of words.

Kristina has been to the Maldives but never to Venice, and I have been to Venice but never to the Maldives.

The reason I don't have a plan is because if I have a plan I'm limited to today's options.

The end of the world will be legal.