Everyone thinks his sack heaviest.

The best mirror is an old friend.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables. [A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.]

The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.

You cannot make a windmill go with a pair of bellows.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

Help thyself, and God will help thee.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!

You can't do magic with books unless they're very special copies.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

People, like water, seek their own level.

One of the things that really drove me crazy was the way in which college kids, in particular, are educated to think that ideology is dangerous and bad.

As a self-respecting dude, I'd never believed in fairy tales, but in that moment, I did. I'd found my angel to live happily-ever-after with.

The loss of reason seems to me honorable, like the death of a sentry at his post.

I have many questions, but no patience to think them through.

Don't trust people who don't laugh. I don't.

I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.