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.

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

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

Court the society of a superior, and make much of the opportunity; for in the company of an equal thy good fortune must decline.

To use the hands in making quicklime into mortar is better than to cross them on the breast in attendance on a prince.

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

A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.