Do not accept gifts; [because] that is bribery.
Take account of yourselves before you are brought to account.
I have never regretted my silence. As for my speech, I have regretted it over and over again.
Patience is the healthiest ingredient of our life.
God forbid, men should be jealous of knowledge as they are jealous of women.
Try as much as you can to mention death. For if you were having hard times in your life, then it would give you more hope and would ease things for you. And if you were having abundant affluence of living in luxury, then it would make it less luxurious.