“The militant Muslim is the person who beheads the infidel, while the moderate Muslim holds the feet of the victim.”

I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed

Here people was once used to be honourable: now they are all bad; they have kept one goodness: that they are greatest boozers.

The true sweetness of wine is one flavor.

I have not told the half of what I saw.

My heart beats as much as I can breathe.

You will hear it for yourself, and it will surely fill you with wonder.

Without stones there is no arch.

I speak and speak but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.

One of these nuts is a meal for a man, both meat and drink.