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| A secret is in my custody if I keep it; but if I blab it, it is I that am prisoner. | 1 |
| Cast him (a lucky fellow) into the Nile, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth. | 2 |
| Debts make the cheeks black. | 3 |
| Do not tell a friend anything that you would conceal from an enemy. | 4 |
| Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history. | 5 |
| Every people has its prophet. | 6 |
| God has given a prophet to every people in its own tongue. | 7 |
| He has no religion who has no humanity. | 8 |
| He that knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is stupid. Shun him. | 9 |
| He that knows not, and knows that he knows not, is good. Teach him. | 10 |
| He that knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep. Arouse him. | 11 |
| He that knows, and knows that he knows, is wise. Follow him. | 12 |
| Him who makes chaff of himself the cows will eat. | 13 |
| If I am master and you are master, who shall drive the asses? | 14 |
| Joke with a slave, and he’ll soon show his heels. | 15 |
| Man is the slave of beneficence. | 16 |
| No man is a good physician who has never been sick. | 17 |
| No man is without enemies. | 18 |
| Nothing but a handful of dust will fill the eye of man. | 19 |
| Pardon is the choicest flower of victory. | 20 |
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| Pitch a lucky man into the Nile and he will come up with a fish in his mouth. | 21 |
| Purchase the next world with this; thus shalt thou win both. | 22 |
| The devil tempts all other men, but idle men tempt the devil. | 23 |
| The surgeon practises on the orphan’s head. | 24 |
| The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace. | 25 |
| Vinegar given is better than honey bought. | 26 |
| Wedlock is like a besieged fortress: those who are outside wish to get in, and those who are inside wish to get out. | 27 |
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