The whelp of a wolf must prove a wolf at last, notwithstanding he may be brought up by a man.

Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.

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

Tell no one the secret that you want to keep, although he may be worthy of confidence; for no one will be so careful of your secret as yourself.

A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.

Liberty is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it. Be assured that men most commonly seek to oblige thee only that they may engage thee to serve them.

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