The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority.

The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

The arrows are from her dowry.

The abject pleasure of an abject mind And hence so dear to poor weak woman kind. [Lat., Vindicta Nemo magis gaudet, quam femina.]

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.

Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got.

There is a crack in everything.That's how the light gets in.

If you don't give up your hopes and dreams, then there will always be a good ending.

If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other way, I am convinced, can true happiness be attained.

The child in us is always there, you know, and it's the best part of us, the winged part that travels farthest.

Most events recorded in history are more remarkable than important, like eclipses of the sun and moon, by which all are attracted,but whose effects no one takes the trouble to calculate.

Our souls do not like stagnation. Our souls aspire toward growth, that is, toward remembering all that we have forgotten due to our trip to this place, the earth.

I would like to say that I am not an apostle of the Muslim religion.

It is blessedness for yourself and others if you are happy.