Bismillahi Arrahmani Arraheemi, "In the name of God, most
merciful and compassionate," is the motto of every work
undertaken by a Mohammedan.

A man should always desire that his neighbor may profit by him, and let
him not strive to profit by his neighbor. Let his words be pleasant with
the children of men if they shame him, and let him not shame them in
return. If they deceive him, let him not deceive them in return, and let
him take the yoke of the public upon his shoulders, and not impose it
heavily on them in return.

Ibid.

If--which God forbid!--thy neighbor has done thee an evil, pardon him at
once; for thou shouldst love him as thyself. If one hand is accidentally
hurt by the other, should the wounded hand revenge its injury on the
other? And, as urged before, thou shouldst rather say in thine heart,
"It is from the Lord that it came to thee; it came as a messenger from
the Holy One--blessed be He!--as a punishment for some sin."

_Kitzur Sh'lh_, fol. 9. col. 2.

A sage who was very sorrowful was once comforted thus: "If thy sorrow
relates to this world, may God decrease it; but if it relates to the
world to come, may God increase it and add sorrow to sorrow." (See 2
Cor. vii. 10.)

Ibid., fol. 10, col. 1.

A man should not wade through water or traverse any dangerous place in
company with an apostate, or even a wicked Jew, lest he be overtaken (in
the same ruin) with him. (Comp. Eph. v. 7, 8; Rev. xviii. 4.)

Ibid., fol. 10, col. 2.

The influence of the son is relatively greater and more blessed than
that of the father, for the merits of the father do not profit the son
except in matters relating to this world (as by bequeathing him worldly
inheritance); whereas the merits of the son do more than benefit the
father in this world; they benefit him also in the world to come (by
saying "Kadish"), which is enough to deliver his soul from purgatory.

Ibid., fol. 11, col. 2.

A common proverb says, "One father willingly maintains ten sons, but ten
sons are not willing to support one father."

Ibid., fol. 12, col. 2.

The proper use of money is that thou learn the art of dealing honestly,
so that thy No be no and thy Yes, yes; and as far as possible be
benevolent with the money. "And the liberal by liberal things shall
stand" (Isa. xxxii. 8).

Ibid.

The sage says, "The eye of a needle is not narrow enough for two
friends, but the world in not wide enough for two enemies."

Ibid.