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

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

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

"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…"