If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure.

Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds

Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.

Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.

The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.

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