Imam Al-Sadiq

the days deprives him of his chance, because the state of the days is deprivation and the way
of days is passing.(486)
198. How many a deceived (person) in what Allah has bestowed upon him, how many a
tempted (person) in Allah's concealment for him, and a how many charmed (person) by the
praise of men for him.(487)
199. Good health is a hidden blessing: if it is found it is forgotten, and if it is missed it is
remembered.
200. Good health is a blessing for which thankfulness is feeble.(488)
201. Badness is in three (things): in the woman, the riding animal, and the house, as for the
badness in the woman is her high dowry and her disobedience for her husband, as for the
riding animal is its bad behavior and preventing its back, and as for the house is narrowness
of its yard and the evil of its neighbors and the large number of its defects.(489)
202. It was said to him: Which traits of the person are the best? So he, peace on him, said:
Solemnity without awe, generosity without seeking a reward, and busyness in other than the
belongings of this world.
203. Whoever has no five (qualities) has not many enjoyable (things), It was said (to him):
Son of the Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him and his family, what are they? So he, peace
be on him, said: religion, intellect, modesty, good behavior, good manners And whoever has
not five (qualities) is not happy at living: good health, security, riches, satisfaction, and an
agreeable friend.(490)
204. How much patience of an hour causes long happiness, and how much pleasure causes
long sadness.(491)
205. It is not (an act) of fairness to ask the brothers (to make) fairness.(492)
206. The angry (person) has no idea, the bored (person) has no friend, the envier has no
riches, whoever does not think about consequences is not determined, and thinking about
consequences is the fertilization of hearts.
207. Cleave to generosity and good behavior, because they adorn the person as the middle
jewel adorns the necklace.
208. Three (things) are of happiness: the agreeable wife, the obedient child, and (when) the
person is given sustenance for which he goes early in the morning and comes back to his
family.(493)
209. Sleeping is rest for the body, speech is rest for the soul, and silence is rest for intellect.
(494)
210. Do not call the man a friend; call him acquaintance till you try him with three (things):
make him angry, then wait (to know whether) his anger takes him out of the right to the
falsehood (or not), during the Dinar and the Durham, and when you travel with him.(495)
211. How many a blessing Allah bestows upon His servant without his act, how many a
hoping (person) for a hope and the choice is in other than it, and how many a walker for his
death and he is slow from his luck.(496)
212. (It is an act) of injustice that the rider says to the walker: the road.
213. If the man loves his religion, his brothers love him.
214. The honor of a believer is his prayers at night, and his dignity is to refrain from harming
people.