Be not in the desire of thine own ease.

Though someday we may become as eloquent as Sahban, but we might also miss the essence of the Forgiving One.

Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy

Great God, have pity on the wicked, for thou didst everything for the good, when thou madest them good!

Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.

Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.

When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.