The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.

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.

A great person defines himself

Every atom in me feels composed of lead. This is what dying is: a pull to the ground.

Funny how a melody sounds like a memory.

An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.

I can be a really good mother because I'm happy.

The Nazis were well dressed. Today's racists are a rag-tag bunch with no sense of style or panache.

The thing with Disney songs is they're very manipulative, very sentimental, but they do get you, you know - there's a kind of sadness to them and that kind of music doesn't really exist any more.

As soon as rules were made, names were given. There are already many names. One must know when it is enough.

In the polls, over 80% support the right to die and have done for the last 25 years. Even 80% of practising Catholics and Protestants support it, plus 76% of Church Times readers.

I always carry Evian bottle and sunscreen.