Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds.

Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.

Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.

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

However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.

A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby – take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.

A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane.

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

The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one’s head by revealing the king’s secrets.

He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow.