Poverty snatches the reins out of the hand of piety.

Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog's mouth with a crumb.

Much contention and strife will arise in that house where the wife shall get up dissatisfied with her husband.

If thou tellest the sorrows of thy heart, let it be to him in whose countenance thou mayst be assured of prompt consolation.

Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.

Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.

Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.