War begins like a pretty girl with whom every man wants to flirt and ends like an ugly old woman whose visitors suffer and weep.

- Samuel Ibn Naghrillah

In times of distress strengthen your heart.

- Samuel Ibn Naghrillah

Ingratitude to man is ingratitude to God.

- Samuel Ibn Naghrillah

The truth hurts like a thorn at first; but in the end it blossoms like a rose.

- Samuel Ibn Naghrillah