RULE XXXII.
He who, when he hath the power, doeth not good, when he loses the means, will suffer distress.
There is not a more unfortunate wretch than the oppressor, for in the day of adversity nobody is his friend.
RULE XXXIII.
Life depends upon the support of single breath, and worldly existence is between two non-existences. Those who sell religion for the world are asses; they sell Joseph and get nothing in return. "Did I not bargain with you, 0 son of Adam, that you should not serve Satan? By the advice of an adversary, you are breaking your promise witli your friend; behold from whom you have separated, and with whom you have united yourselves."
RULE XXXIV.
Satan cannot prevail over the righteous, neither the king against the poor.
Trust not him who neglecteth his prayers to God even although his mouth be kept open by fasting; for he who performeth not the Divine precepts, neither will he care for his debt to you. I have heard that, in the land of the East, they are forty years in making a China cup: they make a
hundred in a day at Baghdad, and consequently you see the meanness of the price. A chicken, as soon as it comes out of the egg, seeks its food; but an infant hath not reason and discrimination. That which was something all at once, never arrives at much perfection; and the other, by degrees, surpasses all things in power and excellence. Glass is everywhere, and therefore of no value. The ruby is obtained with difficulty, and on that account is precious.
RULE XXXY.
Affairs are accomplished through patience, and the hasty man faileth in his undertakings. I saw with my own eyes, in the desert, a man who walked slowly get before one who went fast. The fleet steed, was tired with galloping; whilst the camel- driver, proceeded in an equal slow pace.
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