“It is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend.”

Your souls are precious and can only be equal to the price of Paradise, therefore sell them only at that price

The best companion and helper is admirable morals.

Poverty is the worst form of death.

Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.

Wealth tends to create enemies, whereas knowledge tends to warm hearts.

Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.

I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.

One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and vision.

The word of God is the medicine of the heart.

Never explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need it, and the one dislikes you wouldn’t believe it.

No wealth like education and no poverty like ignorance.

Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.

The worst of our faults is our interest in other people’s faults.

Vanity prevents improvement

The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.

There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.