The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.
Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.
Knowledge is as wings to man’s life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone. The knowledge of such sciences, however, should be acquired as can profit the peoples of the earth, and not those which begin with words and end with words.
Beautify your tongues, O people, with truthfulness, and adorn your souls with the ornament of honesty. Beware, O people, that ye deal not treacherously with any one.
A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise.