"Love to speak with intelligent men and let all your discourses be about the law of the Most High. Let just men be you…"

"Sovereignty passes from one nation to another because of injustice, violence and wealth."

"Never sit near a married woman or drink wine with her, for fear that your feelings towards her be roused and that in …"

"Do not envy the success of the sinner, you do not know what his end will be. Do not take pleasure in what pleases the…"

"A king without wisdom will ruin his people; a city will prosper through the wisdom of its rulers. The government of t…"

"Pride is odious to both God and man; injustice is abhorrent to both of them."

"Do not be jealous of your own wife; do not give her reason to disgrace you. Do not put yourself into the power of any…"

"Turn your eyes away from a good-looking woman and do not stare at a beautiful foreigner. For the beauty of a woman ha…"

"Do not abandon an old friend, for a new one has not the same value."

"How can there be such pride in someone who is nothing but dust and ashes? Even while he is living, man’s bowels are f…"