...there is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all.

Depart from the highway, and transplant thyself in some enclosed ground; for it is hard for a tree that stands by the wayside to keep her fruit till it be ripe.

A mother experiences more than one death, even though she herself will only die once. She fears for her husband; she fears for her children; again she fears for the women and children who belong to her children. ... For each of these-whether for loss of possessions, bodily illness, or undesired misfortune-she mourns and grieves no less than those who suffer.

Where dance is, there is the devil.

In the matter of piety, poverty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle even for those who do not devote themselves to it.

It brings comfort to have companions in whatever happens.

Memory of our good works makes us negligent and leads to arrogance. Do not think of your good deeds, so that God may remember them.