“There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.”

Dependence on another is perpetual disappointment.

Smiles that you broadcast, will always come back to you.

The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity.

Better to have a diamond with a few small flaws than a rock that is perfect.

It is love that makes the impossible possible.

What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.

Every dog is a tiger in his own street.

Better a hundred enemies outside the house than one inside.

Greed is the root cause of sorrow.

There are three uncertainties: woman, wind, and wealth.

Happy is the woman whose husband does not speak to her.

Poverty destroys all virtues.

A house without children is a graveyard.

A dog always bites under the knee.

Never stand in front of a judge or behind a donkey.

It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.