It is wrong to follow the advice of an adversary; nevertheless it is right to hear it, that you may do the contrary; and this is the essence of good ….

God preserve us! If men knew what is done in secret, no one would be free from the interference of others..

Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter..

There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead..

God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed..

Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people..

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 - ….

Riches are for the comfort of life, and not life for the accumulation of riches. I asked a holy wise man, "Who is fortunate and who is unfortunate?" ….

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity..

Better hold the hand for coin, though small, Than lose, for one half a dang, it all..

I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path..

All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is aff….

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 l….

The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony..

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God..

Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy..

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

A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates..

To him who is stinted of food a boiled turnip will relish like a roast fowl..

Though someday we may become as eloquent as Sahban, but we might also miss the essence of the Forgiving One..

He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his sense….