Vanity prevents improvement

Blessed is he whose own faults keep him from seeing the faults of others.

Knowledge is of two kinds: that which is absorbed and that which is heard. And that which is heard does not profit if it is not absorbed.

One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.

One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and vision.

Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.

Greed takes a person to the watering place but gets him back without letting him drink. It undertakes responsibility but does not fulfill it. Often the drinker gets choked before quenching his thirst. The greater the worth of a thing yearned for, the greater is the grief for its loss. Desires blind the eyes of understanding. The destined share would reach him who does not approach it.