If thou tellest the sorrows of thy heart, let it be to him in whose countenance thou mayst be assured of prompt consolation.

Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.

The sons of Adam are limbs of each other, Having been created of one essence. When the calamity of time affects one limb, the other limbs cannot remain at rest. If you have no sympathy for the troubles of others, You are unworthy to be called by the name of a human.

Court the society of a superior, and make much of the opportunity; for in the company of an equal thy good fortune must decline.

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.

The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.