"There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door exp…"

"In the faculty of speech man excels the brute; but if thou utterest what is improper, the brute is thy superior."

"To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer."

"When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; when it is full, the spirit becomes body."

"He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God."

"Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the sacred scripture once the soul has learnt to read."

"How hast thou so profound a lore attained?" "To ask another, I was ne’er ashamed."

"Have patience! All things are difficult before they become easy."

"He—in whose nature, is the ugly disposition Sees not the peacock,—only his ugly foot."

"بنی آدم اعضای یک پیکرند که در آفرينش ز یک گوهرند چو عضوى به درد آورد روزگار دگر عضوها را نماند قرار تو کز محنت دیگران…"