Fear not the proud and the haughty; fear rather him who fears God.
He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow
A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
Publish not men's secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
No reliance can be placed on the friendship of kings, nor vain hope put in the melodious voice of boys; for that passes away like a vision, and this vanishes like a dream.