Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

Disobey God and you are forgiven. Disobey Nature and you get disease.

Before the girl and the boy tie the knot, they feel like falling in love. And most of them do. Cupid works. Biology demands. And, sociology warrants.

Very good laws may be ill timed.

The songwriting has never really stepped forward from the '50's.

There's always an adjective before my name, and it's never a nice one.

I'm hitting it better than last year. The putting is getting close now, too.

We'll show you that you can build a mind from many little parts, each mindless by itself.

Yesterday you can't alter, but your reaction to yesterday you can. The past you cannot change, but your response to your past you can.

I don't think there is a woman in her 40s who doesn't, kind of, examine herself in the mirror.

and the smile I'd been waiting for stretched across his face like the sun breaking free of the clouds.