Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.

Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.

The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.

Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see;For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.

God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.

A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.