Avoid that which an enemy tells you to do; for if you follow his advice, you will smite your, knees with the hand of sorrow. If he shows you a road straight as an arrow, turn from it and go the other way.
When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend.
If thou art wise, incline to truth; for truth, not the semblance, remains in its place.
Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
He will deal harshly by a stranger who has not been himself often a traveller or stranger.
Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.