The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to Vespasian's tax on ordure.]

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.

The spirit of prayer is the fruit and token of the Spirit of adoption.

In everyday life, I like APC, Isabel Marant, but I also like Zara. It depends how I'm feeling on the day. I like clothes that have a certain strength to them - simple but graphic.

It is the knowledge that all men have weaknesses and that many have vices that makes government necessary.

I'm actually incapable of lying. I'm like a parody of a person who can't lie.

At some point you’ll have to get serious about life.

Alas for those girls who've refused the truth: The sweetest tongue has the sharpest tooth.

Outward appearance is nothing to Him if it is not an expression of the inner.

An ugly woman with a gun is a terrible thing.

I've been so in my moment about my life.

If we do not feel grateful for what we already have, what makes us think we'd be happy with more.