Saadi

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby - take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.

However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?

Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.

Human beings are members of a whole,_x000D_ In creation of one essence and soul._x000D_ If one member is afflicted with pain,_x000D_ Other members uneasy will remain._x000D_ If you have no sympathy for human pain,_x000D_ The name of human you cannot retain.

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.

The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.

In the sea there are countless treasures, _x000D_ _x000D_ But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.

Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.

He will deal harshly by a stranger who has not been himself often a traveller or stranger.

Inflict not on an enemy every injury in your power, for he may afterwards become your friend.

When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends; but when you see them of one mind, string your bow, and place stones upon the ramparts.

People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.

There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.