He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.

A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country.

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

People are like waves of the ocean, some cover you with tides of refreshment, whilst others drown you in floods of turmoil

Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow

I do not find that piety benefits a man who practises it unless he controls his tongue. Certainly, the tongue of a believer is at the back of his heart while the heart of a hypocrite is at the back of his tongue; because when a believer intends to say anything, he thinks it over in his mind. If it is good, he discloses it, but if it is bad he lets it remain concealed. While a hypocrite speaks whatever comes to his tongue, without knowing what is in his favour and what goes against him.