How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth. He ruins is present while worrying about his future - but weeps in the future by recalling his past. He lives as though death shall never come to him - but dies in a way as if he were never born.

Fear only the will of God and you will have no cause to fear anyone else.

There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness.

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the commoners among the people

Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.

To maintain nice relation with the people is half of intelligence, nice questioning is half of knowledge, and nice domestic arrangements is half of the management of livelihood.