Poverty snatches the reins out of the hand of piety.

It is safer to be silent than to reveal one's secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.

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

To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.

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

Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.

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