The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.

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!

Gratitude is unquestionably one of the major keys to attracting more blessings and living a quality life.

You mortgage yourself sometimes. You know what you want to do, then you balance it against paying the rent.

I'm very consistent about spending time with family. And when you have dinner with your daughters - they'll keep you in your place and they'll teach you something about perspective.

As with all children, the feeling that I was useful was perhaps the greatest joy I experienced.

I was an opponent of Saddam Hussein when the British and American governments and businessmen were selling him guns and gas.

If you can find a way to confound people's prejudices, restore the humanity of people, individuals, you restore them to life.

I think if you have the compulsion to write, you're not going to feel whole until you start putting words on paper.

My heart's desire is to be recognised in Nigeria.

How does one get bored of life?

We have changed. We are no longer, as I said, bipedal monkeys. We are instead a kind of cybernetic coral reef of organic components and inorganic technological components.