Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses.

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.

Stop making excuses and start doing what makes you profoundly happy!

For the first time, he looked at her, and she wasn’t a stranger, she was Clary—his friend. His family. The girl he’d sworn always to protect. The girl he loved as fiercely as he loved himself.

This is not the person I wanted to become: Hatred has carved a permanent place inside me, a hollow where things are so easily lost.

Conquer with forbearanceThe excesses of insolence.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands you need to be able to throw something back.

He'd (Reggie Jackson) give you the shirt off his back. Of course he'd call a press conference to announce it.

Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours.

She rose to his requirement, dropped The playthings of her life To take the honorable work Of woman and of wife.

Let's also teach people about pensions and savings, insurance and the like. But if they aren't already familiar with numbers that won't be as effective as it might be.

What is one man's gain is another's loss.