It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he can.

You accepted Allah or you had your throat cut by someone who did accept him, and who went to Paradise for having sent you to Hell.

A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavor to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures.

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

For nearly twenty years I have been a published author... But I have never yet seen a book of mine offered for sale in a shop window.

The test of good education is seeing how it behaves in a fight.

I try to follow his example, not to imitate him.