There's no effrontery like that of a woman caught in the act; her very guilt inspires her with wrath and insolence.

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.

A mind that tastes the grief obtains a good chance to travel to the Land of Wisdom!

If you are old enough to feel angst about how a holiday “feels, ” you are very likely no longer in the target demographic.

The only way to have great customers is to be one.

An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions.

You know, I am just a musician and I have no idea these days what good and bad is in terms of labels.

Gas prices - it is $6 a gallon here. People in L.A. are furious. You can't tell, of course, because of the Botox.

Just for fun, I'm really goofy and I would love to do some stupid comedy. I'm talking, like, crazy, out there, Will Ferrell type of thing. I love it, I think those movies are so funny.

Some relationships are stronger than others at certain times.

I got it this time, Daddy Warbucks," I said.

You see, he knew his own laws just as other people so often know the laws: by words, not by effects. They take a meaning, and get to be very vivid, when you come to apply them to yourself.