When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend.
When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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
Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter.