“Fools are the only folk on the earth who can absolutely count on getting what they deserve.”

“There are no absolutes in relationships. You can't take anything for granted. You can count on absolutely nothing but the unexpected. You only get in trouble when you start thinking that you're some kind of exception to the rule.”

“Any woman who counts on her face is a fool.”

“Yorkshire folk are not fools.”

“You deserve the best, the very best, because you are one of the few people in this lousy world who are honest to themselves, and that is the only thing that really counts.”

“[…] the only folks who kill black folks any more are black folks.”

“It seems to me that kings — and queens — can be fools when they forget what they are and act like who they are, but they’re worse when they only remember what they are and forget who.”

“In life what matters is who you can count on.”

“Indeed Suleiman the Magnificent, deserves to be called the only Padshah on Earth.”

“A man who can’t read only knows what other folks tell him.”