A person of riyaa (showing off) has three characteristics : He is lazy when alone, energetic when with others, and increases in his actions when he is praised while decreasing in them when he is criticized.

Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.

Not every man with a heart is understanding, nor every man with an ear a listener, and nor every man with eyes able to see.

To fight against one's desires is the greatest of all fights.

Often your utterances and expressions of your face leak out the secrets of your hidden thoughts.

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

He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.