If someone's deeds lower his position, his pedigree cannot elevate it.

Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company.

A virtuous person is better than virtue and a vicious person is worse than vice.

Man is a wonderful creature; he sees through the layers of fat (eyes), hears through a bone (ears) and speaks through a lump of flesh (tongue).