Though someday we may become as eloquent as Sahban, but we might also miss the essence of the Forgiving One.
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead.
If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure.
The whelp of a wolf must prove a wolf at last, notwithstanding he may be brought up by a man.
To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise.