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.

Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.

The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.

A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby - take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.

To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.

The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets.

Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.