A trade is better then service.

The best mirror is an old friend.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables. [A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.]

The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.

You cannot make a windmill go with a pair of bellows.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

Help thyself, and God will help thee.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!

Life is not everlasting only for You and Me.

Families break up when they get hints you don't intend and miss hints that you do.

Our weakness is an invitation to discover God's strength.

Through forgiveness you can be free of the tragedies and pain in other people's failures.

If you want to win the race be prepared to get off the starting blocks!

I valued my independence from an early age and was always something of a individualist … Well, a show-off anyway.

We are always getting ready to live, and never having time enough to live.

Don't indulge in careless behaviour. Don't be the friend of sensual pleasures. He who meditates attentively attains abundant joy.

The novel [The Kite Runner] came about as an expansion of that original, unpublished short story.

With the way I like to work, I always have to draw [inspiration] from somewhere, and the best place to take from is your own life.