There is no illness more debilitating than lack of intellect.

Do not stop giving advice to your family, for surely you are responsible for them.

Beware of being lazy, for surely whoever is lazy is not fulfilling the duty he owes to God.

To delay is to lose.

There is nothing more beloved to God than a youth who turns to Him.

Endeavour to converse with your children, lest others who transgress and disobey get to them before you.

There are six traits that must not be found in a true believer [of complete faith], viciousness and ill-temperedness, miserliness, obstinacy, dishonesty, jealousy, and oppression [of others].

Kindness is half of life.

Be humble to whomever you learn from and whomever you teach.

Among the things which expiate the major wrong actions are helping the unfortunate and relieving someone's affliction.