It is better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves.

Never give advice in a crowd.

Love sees sharply, hatred sees even more sharp, but jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at the same time.

A wise man associating with the vicious becomes an idiot a dog traveling with good men becomes a rational being.

Wishing does not make a poor man rich.

Greed lessens what is gathered.

Throw a lucky man into the sea and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.

How many opportunities present themselves to a man without his noticing them?

Trust in Allah but tie your camel first.

Prayer is the pillow of religion.

Fortune is with you for an hour and against you for ten!

It's a tough world to find yourself in, but an even tougher one to be yourself in

To be laughed at draws more profitable attention than being smiled at

Even nightingales can’t be fed on fairy tales.

The gospel of Christ must always be an open door with a welcome sign for all.

As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong.

One nightingale in an interfluous wood Satiate the hungry dark with melody.

Train where your fitness is NOW, not where you want to be.

Then marriage may be said to be past in all quietnesse, when the wife is blind, and the husband deafe.

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress.

The Compassionate Classroom is a fabulous book! If teachers will read it, they can transform their classrooms.