Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.

One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

Never promise more than you can perform.

Failure is not the deterrent for the next try. Rather, it is information that empowers the next step.

.. The point of human life is to travel from ignorance to wisdom. In ignorance there is fear. In wisdom there peace and tranquillity.

Whenever a young thing wants to be free minus serious thought, she gets pregnant and then gets married. Voilà!

It's amazing what a spray-on tan will do.

Usually when I'm trying to establish character, I try and find out where they live.

I think any time people behave in a way that's truly them, then they'll never fail. You get in trouble when you try to copy others.

I've got a lot of back-up because my father was a Catholic, my mother was a Protestant, I was educated by Jews and I'm married to a Muslim. So I won't lose out on a technicality.

When you’re going through something hard and you start wondering where Allah is, just remember, the Teacher is always quiet during a test.

I want the same thing I've wanted since I was 7 years old. I want to be No. 1.

When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.