What is thine is mine and all mine is thine.

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.

You're supposed to say, 'All I want is your happiness. I'll do whatever it takes, even if it means being without you.'""Sorry, " Noah said. "I'm just not that big of a person.

His words sounded foolish to his own ears. He was not impressive. He was small like the world.

The man who sees two or three generations is like one who sits in the conjuror's booth at a fair, and sees the same tricks two or three times. They are meant to be seen only once.

A friend whose hopes we cannot satisfy is a friend we would rather have as an enemy.

There ain't a body, be it mouse or man, that ain't made better by a little soup.

Madness is a prerequisite of being in showbusiness.

Ye marshes, how candid and simple and nothing-withholding and free, Ye publish yourselves to the sky and offer yourselves to the sea.

I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.

Lovers are rarely the most rational beings in creation.

The tools I handle are words. They may be unappreciated or misunderstood, but they tell us who we are.