The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.

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.

The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal.

Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.

I think humor is often a very powerful tool to be able to express ideas that are heavy.

They say when one door shuts, another one opens. But they haven’t been living at my house. Most of the doors I open seem to have something scary crouched behind them, anyway.

And the more she could imagine this island, the less she liked the real world. The more she could imagine the people, the less she liked any real people.

Violence in our society has reached epidemic proportions. ... Violence in the media for entertainment purposes has been established as a major contributing factor.

Be sure that you are right; and then go ahead.

Peace of mind is another way of saying that you've learned how to love, that you have come to appreciate the importance of giving love in order to be worthy of receiving it.

To live in prison is to live without mirrors. To live without mirrors is to live without the self.

He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age