Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
Capacity without education is deplorable, and education without capacity is thrown away.
Poverty snatches the reins out of the hand of piety.
It is wrong to follow the advice of an adversary; nevertheless it is right to hear it, that you may do the contrary; and this is the essence of good policy.
The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.
The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets.
The rose and thorn, the treasure and dragon, joy and sorrow, all mingle into one.
Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
He, who learns and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden, with a load of books.
If thou art wise, incline to truth; for truth, not the semblance, remains in its place.
Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
Riches are intended for the comfort of life, and not life for the purpose of hoarding riches.
When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends; but when you see them of one mind, string your bow, and place stones upon the ramparts.
Obedience is not truly performed by the body of him whose heart is dissatisfied. The shell without a kernel is not fit for store.
Wherever the tree of beneficence takes root, it sends forth branches beyond the sky!
He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?
No reliance can be placed on the friendship of kings, nor vain hope put in the melodious voice of boys; for that passes away like a vision, and this vanishes like a dream.
Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
Now that another is suffering pain at thy hand, trust not that thy heart shall be exempt from affliction.
When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend.
Better hold the hand for coin, though small, Than lose, for one half a dang, it all.
The greedy man is incontent with a whole world set before him.
Fear not the proud and the haughty; fear rather him who fears God.
That sorrow which is the harbinger of joy is preferable to the joy which is followed by sorrow.
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