“Besides what endless brawls by wives are bred,The curtain lecture makes a mournful bed.”

“Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.”

“Must this with farce and folly rack myhead unpunish'd ? that with sing-song,Whine me dead?”

“All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.”

“I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.”

“For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.”

“Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice. ”

“Simple life is always good. Fortune should not be created on other's money.”

“As long as he deceived himself about the truth, he could blame fortune and have confidence in the future. Now the clouds of madness were closing round his mind.”

“What do you think my chances might be of finding a soul mate in the group of you? I'll be lucky if I can just find someone who'll be able to stand me for the rest of our lives. What if I've already...”

“There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event happened, ...”

“Well, good luck, the Vietnam verbal tic...It was as though people couldnt stop themselves from saying it, even when they actually meant to express the opposite wish, like, Die, motherfucker. Usuall...”