It is easier to make a lady of a peasant-girl than a peasant-girl of a lady.

Touch not the flute when drums are sounding around; when fools have the word, the wise will be silent.

Say oh wise man how you have come to such knowledge? Because I was never ashamed to confess my ignorance and ask others.

The roots of the deepest love die in the heart, if not tenderly cherished.

As the shadow in early morning, is friendship with the wicked; it dwindles hour by hour. But friendship with the good increases, like the evening shadows, till the sun of life sets.

What of us lies in the hearts of others is our truest and deepest self.

A poet is the creator of the nation around him, he gives them a world to see and has their souls in his hand to lead them to that world.