When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?

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.

If you want to do something that really changes someone’s life, the best thing you can do is make the person you’re trying to help a participant in the process.

My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?

Moving is hard. Staying is easy. Logistically speaking, at least. And this is true whether you're doing or undoing something.

If I might ask--," she began. Will sighed. "You know you'll ask whether I say it's all right or not.

The bird of Jove, stoop'd from his aery tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove.

The government invented the Internet.

With a modem, anyone can follow the world and report on the world-no middle man, no big brother. I guess this changes everything.

I bet on the game of baseball and I bet on my team, even the mistakes I made, I have to take a different look at someone betting against their own team... that's throwing the game.

I believe that when we are fully present, we not only live well, we live well for others.

Time is lord of thee: Thy wealth, thy glory, and thy name are his.