To him who is stinted of food a boiled turnip will relish like a roast fowl.

Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.

No one ever sowed the grain of generosity who gathered not up the harvest of the desire of his heart.

Oman overall has great animal and plant biodiversity because it has mountains, desert, coastal areas and rich coral reefs.

To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.

When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.

Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.