In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.

Work before eating, rest after eating. Eat not ravenously, filling the mouth gulp after gulp without breathing space.

While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it.

Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.

The key to the understanding and to the full comprehension of all that the Prophets have said is found in the knowledge of the figures, their general ideas, and the meaning of each word they contain.

You must consider, when reading this treatise, that mental perception, because connected with matter, is subject to conditions similar to those to which physical perception is subject.

You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.