We do not commonly find men of superior sense amongst those of the highest fortune.

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.

Perhaps as they say in science love is a reaction, and in art, it is a heart, but for me, love is simply you.

I am very much in favor of women's rights, being a woman myself, and I support intelligent, successful, independent working women.

People fall forward to success.

I've always known I wanted a family.

You told me love was fickle and fleeting.

A book or a letter may institute a more intimate association between human beings separated thousands of miles from each other than exists between dwellers under the same roof.

It's an incredible thing, how you can feel so taken care of by someone and yet feel, also, like you would die or do anything just for the chance to protect him back.

Around middle school I studied jazz guitar and ended up playing in a jazz band for a bit. But, after high school, I haven't even touched a guitar.

It's a sin for a writer to go looking for camels to put into his or her pages. I only want details that are the story.

As a professional broadcaster, I can tell you that over the course of my career, there is an adage: don't ever apologize.