Don't let expertise fool you into seeing false boundaries or underestimating those with wild dreams.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.

It's not the intensity of pain, but the level of stupidity that makes you do things you regret.

This world's a bubble.

Men never think their fortunes too great nor their wit too little.

The sun though it passes through dirty places yet remains as pure as before.

When I was at home I was in a better place but travellers must be content.

Every noble crown is and on earth will ever be a crown of thorns.

I regret often that I have spoken never that I have been silent.

It is easier to get a favor from fortune than to keep it.

Do not sit long with a sad friend. When you go to a garden do you look at the weeds? Spend more time with the roses and jasmines.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For everyone that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be...

Patience makes a woman beautiful in middle age.

We all lose our looks eventually. Better develop your character and interest in life.

There is nothing good in this world which time does not improve.

Give me a man with a good allowance of nose ... when I want any good head - work done I choose a man - provided his education has been suitable - with a long nose.

When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.

If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain.

There are some remedies worse than the disease.

Mark the perfect man and behold the upright.

My advice to those who are about to begin in earnest the journey of life is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.

Neither cast ye your pearls before swine.

An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool - shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple - teach him. He who...

It is well to lie fallow for a while.

If you miss the first buttonhole you will not succeed in buttoning up your coat.

Satan's friendship reaches to the prison door.

The chain of friendship however bright does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.