Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant

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

Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.

That knave preserves the pearl in his purse who considers all people purse-cuts.

Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds

It is wrong to follow the advice of an adversary; nevertheless it is right to hear it, that you may do the contrary; and this is the essence of good policy.

A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.