Avoid that which an enemy tells you to do; for if you follow his advice, you will smite your, knees with the hand of sorrow. If he shows you a road straight as an arrow, turn from it and go the other way.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.

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

Avoid that which an enemy tells you to do; for if you follow his advice, you will smite your, knees with the hand of sorrow. If he shows you a road straight as an arrow, turn from it and go the other way.

The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.

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