Fear Allah, for He alone lives; all other things are liable to perish.
May Allah bless the man who says less and does more.
Do not be misled by a person's prayers and fasting. [Instead] look [at their] sincerity and wisdom.
Let not your love become attachment, nor your hate become destruction.
Seek knowledge and teach it to people. Learn dignity and tranquillity, and be humble towards those from whom you learn knowledge and be humble towards those to whom you teach it, and do not be tyrannical scholar otherwise your knowledge cannot be established because of your tyranny.
Do not accept gifts; [because] that is bribery.