Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.

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.

While you’re alive there’s no time for minor amazements.

The power that holds the sky's majesty wins our worship.

He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.

I am the freest author in the world.

What the ego doesn't want us to see is that our pain doesn't come from the love we weren't given in the past, but from the love we ourselves aren't giving in the present.

ISIS is the new jihad - violent jihadist vanguard in the Middle East and globally.

The more men have multiplied the forms of religion, so much the more has vital godliness declined.

I opened an office in Terre Haute, established eight of them, and became one of the eight county agents.

The number one thing I look for in a man is integrity. A man who does what he says he's going to do.

Climate deniers are clearly the fringe group and need to see a proctologist to find their heads.