"Horse and weapon, lute and volume, man and woman, gift of speech,
Have their uselessness or uses in the one who owneth each."
"Not disparagement nor slander kills the spirit of the brave;
Fling a torch down, upward ever burns the brilliant flame it gave."
"Wisdom from the mouth of children be it overpast of none;
What man scorns to walk by lamplight in the absence of the sun?"
"Strength serves Reason. Saith the Mahout, when he beats the brazen drum,
'Ho! ye elephants, to this work must your mightinesses come.'"
"Mighty natures war with mighty: when the raging tempests blow,
O'er the green rice harmless pass they, but they lay the palm-trees low."
"Narrow-necked to let out little, big of belly to keep much,
As a flagon is—the Vizier of a Sultan should be such."