“If fortune turns against you even jelly breaks your tooth.”

“There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse.”

“The man who speaks the truth is always at ease.”

“Be not imitator freshly act thy part Through this world be thou an independent ranger Better is the faith that springeth from thy heart Than a better faith belonging to a stranger.”

“The blind man is laughing at the bald head.”

“He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.”

“I murmured because I had no shoes until I met man who had no feet.”

“Go and wake up your luck.”

“When its time has come the prey goes to the hunter.”

“Children are the bridge to heaven.”

“Luck is infatuated with the efficient.”