“He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.”

Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.

None can be so true to your secret as yourself.

A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.

The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.

Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy

It is safer to be silent than to reveal one’s secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.

A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.

All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.

I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.

Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.

Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.

Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.

As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgements but rain your kindness equally on all.

Judge not before you judge yourself. Judge not if you’re not ready for judgment.

Love is the absence of judgment.

The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.

To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West – know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.

You have to use your judgment. In cases like that, we say, ‘let’s be simple minded. We know this is a feature that’s good for customers. Let’s do it.

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.