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

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.

Among men the barber is cunning; among birds the crow; among beasts the jackal; and among women, the malin (flower girl).

Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.

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