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

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

If I am mad, then who on the face of the earth is sane? If you are sane, then there is no madman in the world.

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

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

The roots of the aged palm tree exceed those of the young one; the old have a greater attachment to the world.

Become placeless, for to change this place of water and clay is but to move from one prison to another.