James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.
Mahomet
Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
If any one tells you that a man has changed his character, don’t believe it.
If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the mountain.
On the day of the resurrection, those who have indulged in ridicule will be called to the door of Paradise, and have it shut in their faces when they reach it.
Paradise is under the shadow of our swords.
Patience is the key of content.
Teach your children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom, and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.
Tie your camel up as best you can, and then trust it to Providence.
To overcome evil with good is good, to resist evil by evil is evil.