"Do not despair, for hope is the lamp of the heart."

"Drink wine and wreck the mosque, for the pious man who abstains will do a thousand worse things."

"The garden of paradise is but a reflection of the beloved's face."

"Do not be afraid of change, for it is the law of life."

"I can't trust those who sneer at us drinking down to the lees: That is the kind of thing which gets a bad name for religion."