» A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not.
» Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, grow, grow.
» If one man says to thee, ''Thou art a donkey,'' pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle.
» Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose wisdom is more than his deeds, his wisdom does not endure.
» Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.
» Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives; they go only as far as the grave, leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave.
» Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet.
» Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies.
» Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order.
» This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth.