A loan is the scissors of friendship.A man's own tongue may cut his throat.The cage has no value without the bird.

When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts.

The candle burned the moth:But soon it will vanish in its own fat.

Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there.

As swords were designed to killThey did well to make them tongue-shaped.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)

A man's capacity is the same as his breadth of vision.

Show a man too many camels' bones, or show them to him too often, and he will not be able to recognize a camel when he comes across a live one.

Show a man too many camels' bones, or show them to him too often, and he will not be able to recognize a camel when he comes across a live one. (Mirza Ahsan of Tabriz)

Be a dog, but don't be a younger brother.Proverb.

From the beginning, from the age of Adam to the time of kingship: from the powerful, pardon: from the poor, sins.

The significance of the dwelling is in the dweller.

If there’s any redeeming quality that I can find in running away from something, it’s that I’m on my feet. Now all I’ve got to do is alter my direction.

The golden rule is of no use whatsoever unless you realize that it is your move.

Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder.

The appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment from everyday life.

Stock kernels will be the norm for some time.

I have an inviolable rule against employing nepots and spouses, because they breed politics. Whenever two people get married, one of them must depart - preferably the female, to look after the baby.

I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.

When people come out of rehab, they usually go to secondary rehab for another six months and then enter back into society gradually. But I came out and did Top Of The Pops straight away!

True counselors of despair are those who hope against hope—and historical experience—that the government can and will act constructively.

O fortune, fortune! all men call thee fickle.