They do not easily rise whose abilities are repressed by poverty at home. [Lat., Haud facile emergunt quorum virtutibus obstat Res angusta domi.]

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.

Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community.

One reason writers write is out of revenge.

Earnestness is the best gift of mental power, and deficiency of heart is the cause of many men never becoming great.

Stay young and wild as long as you can

'Brooklyn's Finest,' this is the kind of movie that's why I want to be an actor, to tell real-life stories. This is where I feel my job is, to interpret life.

I eat "NOs" for breakfast.

Jail was preferable. There they only limited you physically. In a mental ward they tampered with your soul and worldview and mind.

I think we ought to give ourselves more time. We should be more patient with ourselves and with each other.

My thought is, if you're a book lover, you're going to enjoy winning a book even if it's not something you'd ordinarily pick up on your own. It's a chance to expand your horizons a little.

You can share your testimony in many ways, by the words you speak, by the example you set, by the manner in which you live your life.