Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.

The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.

Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable.

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.

The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.