However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant

Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.

Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!

He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.

When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.

It is safer to be silent than to reveal one's secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.

Fear not the proud and the haughty; fear rather him who fears God.