Even when the gates of heaven are shut to prayer, they are open to tears.
When the righteous die, it is the earth that loses. The lost jewel will always be a jewel, but the possessor who has lost it—well may he weep.
Life is a passing shadow, says the Scripture. Is it the shadow of a tower, of a tree? A shadow that prevails for a while? No, it is the shadow of a bird in his flight; away flies the bird, and there is neither bird nor shadow.
Teach thy tongue to say, ‘I do not know.’
If a word spoken in its time is worth one piece of money, silence in its time is worth two.
The ass complains of the cold even in July.
Four shall not enter Paradise: the scoffer, the liar, the hypocrite, and the slanderer. To slander is to murder.
The camel wanted to have horns, and they took away his ears.
Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend’s friend has a friend: be discreet.
The soldiers fight, and the kings are heroes.