Beware of speaking too much, for it increases mistakes and engenders boredom.

Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.

He who trusts the world, the world betrays him.

Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.

Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.

Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.

Life consists of two days, one for you one against you. So when it's for you don't be proud or reckless, and when it's against you be patient, for both days are test for you.

A graceful refusal is better than a lengthy promise.

How strange is man that when he is afraid of something he runs away from it, but when he is afraid of Allah, he gets closer to Him.

Patience ensures victory.

A wise man always has something to say, whereas a fool always needs to say something.

The most important purpose of education is to learn how to find the beauty of life.

I belong everywhere and nowhere, and I alone can save two worlds.

She wanted to ask him why they were all strangers who shared the same last name.

Man proposes and God disposes.

If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.

The appetite for power is old and irrepressible in humankind, and in its action almost always destructive.

In life we don't get what we want, we get in life what we are. If we want more we have to be able to be more, in order to be more you have to face rejection.

As for famous men who were not artists, I am beginning to be tired of them. Those poor little scoundrels who are called great men fill me with nothing but overwhelming horror.

The unforgivable sin is the refusal to pardon.

My advice to anyone wanting to get into the music business, is always be ready to learn and remain humble.