The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.
Capacity without education is deplorable, and education without capacity is thrown away.
To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?
You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.