A marriage without children is the world without the sun.

Between urine and filth we are born.

I fell away from you, my God, and I went astray, too far astray from you, the support of my youth, and I became to myself a land of want.

Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.

Six is a number perfect in itself, and not because God created the world in six days; rather the contrary is true. God created the world in six days because this number is perfect, and it would remain perfect, even if the work of the six days did not exist.

Not to give to those in need what is to you superfluous is akin to fraud.

The arrogance is not greatness but swelling; and the swelling seems big but it's not healthy.