The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome life of the teacher.

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.

To get matured, you must have an education in the School of Solitude!

We freeze up because we expect a certain result or because we want things to be perfect.

Millions of angels are at God's command.

Their wedding night was at a little hotel in Paris. There were walk up steps and a lovely view. And all was well for these two.

The Republicans do not have feeling for people who are in bad shape.

Whenever known and sufficient causes are available, it is anti-scientific to discard them in favour of a hypothesis that can never be verified.

The question is whether personal freedom is worth the terrible effort, the never-lifted burden and risks of self-reliance.

The winter is made and you have to bear it, The winter web, the winter woven, wind and wind, For all the thoughts of summer that go with it In the mind, pupa of straw, moppet of rags.

I write about what I know and what I have experienced. This keeps me an "honest" writer.

Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture.