"The best kind of manumission (of slaves) is the manumission of the most expensive slave and the most beloved by his master."

"No one will enter Paradise who has in his heart a mustard seed's weight of arrogance."

"The earth has been made for me a place for prostration and a means of purification."

"The best women are those who are fertile and loving. The worst women are those who are barren and hateful."

"A nation with a woman as a ruler will never succeed."