No reliance can be placed on the friendship of kings, nor vain hope put in the melodious voice of boys; for that passes away like a vision, and this vanishes like a dream.

Though someday we may become as eloquent as Sahban, but we might also miss the essence of the Forgiving One.

The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.

When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.

Roam abroad in the world, and take thy fill of its enjoyments before the day shall come when thou must quit it for good.

I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.

It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.