So long as fortune is favoring you, your defects will remain covered.
by Hazrat Ali

Lack of friends means, stranger in one’s own country.
by Hazrat Ali

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.
by Hazrat Ali

Wealth is the fountain head of passions.
by Hazrat Ali

Wealth converts a strange land into homeland and poverty turns a native place into a strange land.
by Hazrat Ali

The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.
by Hazrat Ali

If matters get mixed up then scrutinize the cause and you will know what the effects will be.
by Hazrat Ali

There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation.
by Hazrat Ali

He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.
by Hazrat Ali

Tongue is a beast, if it is let loose, it devours.
by Hazrat Ali

A fool’s mind is at the mercy of his tongue and a wise man’s tongue is under the control of his mind.
by Hazrat Ali

The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.
by Hazrat Ali

Be afraid of a gentleman when he is hungry, and of a mean person when his stomach is full.
by Hazrat Ali

A conceited and self-admiring person is disliked by others.
by Hazrat Ali

Often your utterances and expressions of your face leak out the secrets of your hidden thoughts.
by Hazrat Ali