To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone.
The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention.
Do not depend upon the morality of a person until you have seen him behave while in anger.
Lower your gaze from the world and turn your heart away from it...
Do not accept gifts; [because] that is bribery.
Do not be deceived by a man's eloquence; rather whoever fulfils trusts and refrains from impugning people's honour is a real man.