Saadi Shirazi

“A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.”

“A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.”

“An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.”

“Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.”

“A wise man is he who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

“The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.”

“I fear God and next to God I chiefly fear him who fears Him not.”

“The ignorant man is an enemy to himself.”

“Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy.”

“Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is like one who plows but does not sow.”

“The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.”

“A little and a little, collected together, become a great deal.”

“He who has no kindness has no religion.”

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