I could not possibly count the gold-digging ruses of women, Not if I had ten mouths, not if I had ten tongues.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

It’s dangerous to be grateful for the cage that traps you.

You only gain in life when you multiply

There is no reason for beauty. It just is.

Every human being is indeed unhappy as long as he is not free from kashays.

Our minds control us with desires and fears.

Where there's possibility there is also hope.

Of course a magazine is usually more interesting than a conversation, because so much more time and preparation has gone into it.

Can I reject everything my brain experienced? Is intellectual understanding any understanding at all?

For to enter the palace of learning at the great gate requires an expense of time and forms, therefore men of much haste and little ceremony are content to get in by the back-door

To be outspoken, or different at all, is a problem for women.