...unless the exchange be in love and kindly justice, it will but lead some to greed and others to hunger.

Listen to the women when she looks at you, not when she talks to you.

You who are strong and swift, see that you do not limp before the lame, deeming it kindness.

Spare me the political events and power struggles, as the whole earth is my homeland and all men are my fellow countrymen.

If any of you would bring judgment the unfaithful wife, let him also weight the heart of her husband in scales, and measure his soul with measurements.

The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her loveliness.

The mother is everything - she is our consolation in sorrow, our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness. She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness. He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly