People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead.

Wherever the tree of beneficence takes root, it sends forth branches beyond the sky!