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

Inflict not on an enemy every injury in your power, for he may afterwards become your friend.

The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets.

A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.

Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.

The rose and thorn, the treasure and dragon, joy and sorrow, all mingle into one.

There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.