Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
Though someday we may become as eloquent as Sahban, but we might also miss the essence of the Forgiving One.
The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.
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.