O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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.
Poverty snatches the reins out of the hand of piety.
Though someday we may become as eloquent as Sahban, but we might also miss the essence of the Forgiving One.
When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend.
He will deal harshly by a stranger who has not been himself often a traveller or stranger.