Wisdom is the conqueror of fortune. [Lat., Victrix fortunae sapientia.]

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.

A place is not really a place without a bookstore.

I slept for over a full day, as you know, but I won’t say I rested.

Your Brain is for having ideas not storing them.

God hath made man upright but they have sought out many inventions.

Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.

There is something beautiful in the mundane if you take enough microscope to it and focus in on something that seems innocuous to begin with.

Fear is excitement without the breath.

Maxims are to the intellect what laws are to actions; they do not enlighten, but they guide and direct, and, although themselves blind, are protective.

Lawyers may reason powerfully, but power settles most issues.

Learn the lick, but learn FROM the lick.