Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.

The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.

Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.

Put aside your pride, Set down your arrogance, And remember your grave.

Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the commoners among the people

A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.

He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.

Had there not been five bad qualities, all the people would have been righteous. Contentment with ignorance; love for worldly life; miserliness inspite of much wealth; ostentation in (good) deeds; and pride in their own intelligence.

Glory is for none but the learned, Guided are they - and proofs for seekers of guidance. Every person is measured based on how much of it (knowledge) he mastered, The ignorant are to the learned their enemies, Succeed with knowledge and live energetically forever, Men are all dead, only the possessors of knowledge are truly alive