Truth is fire, and to speak the truth means to shine and to burn

But one on earth is better than the wife; that is the mother.

Each time thou wishest to decide upon performing some enterprise, raise the eyes to heaven, pray God to bless thy project; if thou canst make that prayer, accomplish thy work.

They make much of our drinking, but never think of our thirst.

The greatest poem is not that which is most skillfully constructed, but that in which there is the most poetry.

Truth is fire, and to speak the truth means to shine and to burn