“ If of thy mortal goods thoU art bereft And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left Sell one and with the dole Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul. Sa'di
“ Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark he would never lay hands on the precious pearl. Sa'di
“ To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer. Sa'di
“ They asked Lucman the fabulist From whom did you learn manners? He answered: From the unmannerly. Sa'di
