Fate makes a beggar a king and a king a beggar. He makes a rich man poor and a poor man rich.

Whores don't live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits.

The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.

As a calf follows its mother among a thousand cows, so the (good or bad) deeds of a man follow him.

Do not say, ""What what fear has a rich man of calamity?"" When riches begin to forsake one even the accumulated stock dwindles away.

He should be considered to be living who is virtuous and pious, but the life of a man who is destitute of religion and virtues is void of any blessing.