LXXXIII
The object of sending the Koran down from heaven was that mankind might make it a manual of morals, and not that they should recite it by sections.
LXXXIV
The sincere publican has proceeded on foot; the slothful Pharisee is mounted and gone asleep.
LXXXV
The sinner who humbles himself in prayer is more acceptable than the devotee who is puffed up with pride:—The courteous and kind-hearted soldier of fortune is better than the misanthropic and learned divine.
LXXXVI
A learned man without works is a bee without honey:—Tell that harsh and ungenerous hornet: As thou yieldest no honey, wound not with thy sting.
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