Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry. [Lat., Uxorem accepi, dote imperium vendidi.]

You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.

Where there are friends there is wealth.

Spice a dish with love and it pleases every palate.

Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.

Is there anything more frightening than people?

You've evolved when you realize the effect that your positive contributions to others create ripples of humanity in the sea of life.

Friendship is not about ships—no matter how big and fancy and expensive the yacht is.

My ideal trident would be myself alongside Rooney and Messi. They are the players who make me dream - not Cristiano.

I don't think there's anybody in America who thinks my personality is best suited to being Number Two.

Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty.

Taking down the Christmas tree makes it feel official: time to get back to joyless and cynical.

I'd spare your tears for the rest of your life if I could.

Laughter is equally the expression of extreme anguish and horror as of joy: as there are tears of sorrow and tears of joy, so is there a laugh of terror and a laugh of merriment.

You must dismantle your sources, lest you do nothing but ape the prejudices of others