"Saki! with the light of wine, up-kindle the cup of ours. Minstrel! speak, saying: The worlds work hath gone to the desire of ours."

"The religious hypocrite, in his prayer, thinks of nothing but his own reputation."

"The wise man knows that silence is golden, and speech is silver."

"Better to be a drunkard and a lover than a pious hypocrite."

"The garden of paradise is but a reflection of the beloved's face."