1. Fear God and you will have no cause to fear any one
2. Resignation to the Will of God is the cure of the disease of the heart
3. The word of God is the medicine of the heart
4. Lead such a life, that, when you die, the people may mourn you, and while you are alive they long for your company
5. The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive
6. Of all the follies the greatest is to love the world
7. Opportunity is swift of flight but slow to return
8. Pride, cowardice, and miserliness are bad for me but good for women
9. The most happy is he to whom God has given a good wife
10. He who knows himself knows God
11. Do not soil your conscience for anything but heaven
12. The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body
13. To fight against one's desires is the greatest of all fights
14. The strongest amongst you is he who subdues his self
15. Wealth and greed are the roots of all evils
16. Riches without faith are the greatest poverty
17. A man's worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations
18. Knowledge enlivens the soul
19. The learned lives, although he dies
20. The sum total of excellence is knowledge
21. To respect the learned is to respect God
22. Generosity hides shortcomings
23. The wealth of a miser is as useless as a pebble
24. Desire is one's most inveterate enemy
25. Those who walk on the surface of the earth shall one day be interred in it
26. Every breath of man brings him nearer to death
27. People are asleep as long as they are alive; they are awakened when they die
28. Patience is the fruit of faith
29. Virtue never dies
30. A man's glory from his virtue is greater than the glory of his pedigree
31. No shelter is safer than piety
32. A man's behaviour is the index of his mind
33. Courtesy costs nothing but buys everything
34. Clemency graces power
35. Jealousy devours virtue as fire devours fuel
36. He that lends a listening ear to reproach is one of those that deserve reproach
37. Forgiveness is the crown of greatness
38. Carnal appetites are nets spread by the devil
39. Every arrow does not hit the mark, nor every prayer granted
40. Ostentatiousness spoils prayers
41. Fear none but your sins
42. He who praises you murders you
43. A man who praises himself displays his deficiency of intellect
44. Honour your parents and your sons will honour you
45. A man is hid under his tongue
46. The tongue of a wise man lies behind his heart
47. The tongue pierces deeper than the spear
48. He who purifies his heart from doubt is a believer
49. The opinion of a wise man is an oracle
50. To seek counsel is to go to the fountain of guidance
51. Association with a fool is tyrannical to the soul
52. God hastens the fall of tyrants
53. Tyranny leads to moral cowardice
54. A tyrant's success is his moral defeat
55. It is better to die than to beg
56. When a man begs he loses his faith
57. Hajj is the Jihad of every believer in faith
58. A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend
59. Silence is the best reply to a fool
60. The best speech is one that is short and reasonable
61. Speech is like a medicine, a small dose of which cures but an excess of which kills
62. He that has no courage has no religion
63. His grief is long whose hope is short
64. The right of freedom of speech consists in speaking the truth
65. Repentance washes away sins
66. Folly is an incurable disease
67. To assist the wrong is to oppress the right
68. Sinning is a disease, repentance is its medicine, and abstinence from it a sure cure
69. Sorrow makes a man old before his time
70. Pride impedes progress and mars greatness
71. To forgive is the crown of greatness
72. He who understands humanity seeks solitude
73. Right is the best argument
74. Misrepresentation spoils narration
75. As a man's wisdom increases, so his desire to speak decreases
76. He who seeks to do justice with men, let him desire for them what he desires for himself
77. The greatest sin is the sin that the sinner considers to be ordinary
78. Contentment is the asset which is never exhausted
79. Governments are a trial for men
80. He who fights against the truth, the truth will defeat him
81. Finding fault in others is one's greatest fault
82. Haste is a species of madness
83. Greed is perpetual enslavement
84. He who does not know his own worth is doomed to destruction
85. The best investment is one with which duties are performed
86. Anger is a fire kindled, he who restrains anger extinguishes the fire; he who gives vent to it is the first to be consumed by such fire
87. Jihad is the highway of prosperity
88. None is more solitary than a miser
89. Knowledge is the ornament of the rich, and the riches of the poor
90. Knowledge is the sum total of excellence
91. He who teaches you a letter binds you with a fetter of gratitude
92. As long as we do not hope, we do not fret
93. He who indulges in jokes and loose fall, loses a part of his wisdom
94.Truth is bitter, but its result is sweet; falsehood appears to be sweet but it is poisonous in its effect
95. Miserliness is the root of many evils
96. Knowledge and practice are twins, and both go together. There is no knowledge without practice, and no practice without knowledge
97. He who dissembles plays with his honour
98. When God wants to humiliate a person He deprives him of knowledge
99. When your power increases, decrease your desires accordingly
100. He who listens to a backbiter loses a friend
101. It is no justice to decide a case on mere conjecture
102. He who does not know his own worth is deemed to ignominy
103. He who practices thrift would never be in want
104. He who does not know should not be ashamed to learn
105. Patience is to faith, what head is to the body, when patience goes, faith goes, when head goes, the body goes
106. The grace of God is the best guide
107. A good disposition is the best companion
108. Wisdom is the best friend
109. Good breeding is the best inheritance
110. There is nothing more hateful than pride
111. Be among men like bee among birds
112. Mix with the people with your tongue, but be separate from them in your deeds
113. Be generous but do not be a spendthrift
114. Do not run after the world; let the world run after you
115. A wise man is he who does not despair of the bounty and mercy of God
116. He who is aware of his own faults is oblivious of the faults of others
117. What the eye sees the heart preserves
118. The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space
119. Do not be misled by appearances for these are apt to be deceptive
120. Do not have too many irons in the fire; concentrate on one thing at a time
121. What you do not like for your self, do not like it for others
122. Contentment is the treasure which is never exhausted
123. The advice of old men is dearer than the bravery of young men
124. That knowledge is superficial which is merely on the tongue; that knowledge is real which demonstrates itself in your practice
125. Waste of time is one's greatest loss
126. He who knows to keep his secret knows the way to success
127. Foresight is the way to safety
128. No relationship is stronger than the relationship that exists between man and God
129. Enlighten the heart with prayers
130. Strengthen your heart with faith
131. Suppress all lust with piety
132. Do not sell the Hereafter for the world
133. Do not speak in a state of ignorance
134. Refrain from unnecessary talk
135. Do not tread the path from which you can apprehend the danger of running astray
136. In the affairs of God, do not be afraid of the accusations of the evil mongers
137. In all that you do seek the protection of God
138. Do not covet what is undesirable
139. If you seek the truth, neither strays from the right path, nor be assailed by doubts
140. Do not become a slave of your desires
141. That wealth is no wealth which brings dishonour
142. Whatever harm accrues of silence can be remedied but whatever harm is done because of speech cannot be remedied
143. It is better to restrain your desires than to stretch your hand before others
144. A little that is earned because of honest labour is better than a larger amount gained through dishonest means
145. Guard well your secret
146. He who seeks more than what is necessary indulges in error
147. To oppress the weak is the worst tyranny
148. Do not bank on false hopes, for that is the capital of the dead
149. A wise man takes a lesson even from a minor lapse
150. Overpower desires and suspicions by patience and faith
151. He who does not take the middle course strays
152. A stranger is he who has no friends
153. When hopes are frustrated despair becomes the way of life
154. He who trusts the world, the world betrays him
155. The one, who knows himself, knows his creator
156. If you love God, tear out your heart's love of the world
157. The fear of God makes one secure
158. How can you rejoice this life that grows shorter each hour?
159. A world wide reputation can be undone by an hour's degradation
160. Three defects make life miserable; Vindictiveness, Jealousy, A bad character
161. One who is proud of worldly possessions in this fleeting existence is ignorant
162. Joy is followed by tears
163. Each breath of man is a step nearer to death
164. The best man among us is he who is most helpful to his fellow men
165. One who thinks himself the best is the worst
166. The hated person is one who returns evil for good
167. Virtue is the key to success
168. Learned men live after death; ignorant men are dead although alive
169. There is no treasure like knowledge gained
170. Knowledge is wisdom and educated man is the wise man
171. Experience is knowledge gained
172. He who never corrects himself will never correct another
173. Listen and you will teach yourself: remain silent, and you risk nothing
174. The one, who reflects on God’s gifts, succeeds
175. Ignorance harms a man more than a cancer
176. One of the signs of stupid man is the frequent change of opinion
177. Never speak when it is not the time for speech
178. Beware of backbiting it sows the seed of bitterness, and separates you from God and man
179. The best truth is the keeping of promises
180. Better be dumb than lie
181. Do not flatter, it is no sign of faith
182. A hypocrite's tongue is clean, but there is sickness in his heart.
183. Better to be alone than with bad company
184. Whoever sows good, reaps his reward
