Flowers and fruit are never combined in one place: it is impossible that teeth and delicacies should exist simultaneously.

The touchstone of false friends is the day of need: by way of proof, ask a loan from your friends.

The life of this transitory world is the expectation of death: to renounce life is to escape from the expectation of annihilation.

Seek for the truth from the heart which is empty of thought.

Flowers and fruit are never combined in one place: it is impossible that teeth and delicacies should exist simultaneously.

In this market every head has a different fancy: everyone winds his turban in a different fashion.

When a man becomes old, his greed becomes young: sleep grows heavy at the time of morning.