He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.

If wisdom was to cease throughout the world, no one would suspect himself of ignorance.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

That which is not allotted the hand cannot reach; what is allotted you will find wherever you may be.

God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.

Much contention and strife will arise in that house where the wife shall get up dissatisfied with her husband.

Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.