Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.

As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry. [Lat., Uxorem accepi, dote imperium vendidi.]

You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.

Where there are friends there is wealth.

Spice a dish with love and it pleases every palate.

Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.

Unaanzaje ku judge kwanini nipo hivi wakati kila mtu ana uniqueness pengine nzuri au mbaya

Writing nonfiction means I tell people's stories for them, not because they're special but because we all are.

With our writings, we can right the world.

In most poetic expressions of patriotism, it is impossible to distinguish what is one of the greatest human virtues from the worst human vice, collective egotism.

Key to the societal significance of tomorrow's leaders is the way they embrace the totality of leadership, not just including 'my organization' but reaching beyond the walls as well.

Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people.

I don't pretend for a second that I'm that great of a person on a day-to-day basis. I'm a deeply flawed human.

Racist writing is a craft failure.

There is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty.

I had no voice to talk with because she was my whole language.