القراءة بلغتين

مَن أَحَبَّ ٱبنَه أَكثَرَ مِن ضَربِه لِكَي يُسَرَّ بِه في آخِرِ الأَمْر

مَن أَدَّبَ ٱبنَه يَجْني ٱرتِياحًا ويَفتَخِرُ بِه بَينَ مَعارِفِه

مَن عَلَّمَ ٱبنَه يُثيرُ غَيرَةَ عُدُوِّه ويَبتَهِجُ بِه أَمامَ أَصْدِقائِه

اذا توفى ابوه فكانه لم يمت لانه خلف من هو نظيره

في حَياتِه رَآه ففَرِحَ وعِندَ وَفاتِه لم يَحزَن

خَلَّفَ مُنتَقِمًا مِن أَعْدائِه ومُكافِئًا لِأَصدِقائِه بِالجَميل

مَن دَلَّلَ ٱبنَه فسيَضمِدُ جِراحَه وعِندَ كُلِّ صُراخٍ تَضطَرِبُ أَحْشاؤُه

الفَرَسُ الَّذي لم يُرَوَّضْ يَصيرُ جَموحًا والِٱبنُ الَّذي لم يُضبَطْ يَصيرُ وَقِحًا

إِن دَلَّلتَ ٱبنَكَ رَوَّعَكَ وإِن لاعَبتَه أَحزَنَكَ

لا تُضاحِكْه لِئَلَّا تَغَتَمَّ معَه وفي آخِرَتِكَ يأخُذُكَ صَريفُ الأَسْنان

ولا تَترُكْ لَه حُرِّيَّةً في شَبابِه

أُرضُضْ أَضْلاعَه ما دامَ صَغيرًا لِئَلَّا يَتَصَلَّبَ فيَعصِيَكَ

أَدِّبِ ٱبنَكَ وٱجتَهِدْ في تَهْذيبِه لِئَلَّا تُعانِيَ قِلَّةَ حَيائِه

فَقيرٌ ذو عافِيَةٍ وصَحيحُ البِنيَة خَيرٌ مِن غَنِيٍّ مَجْلودٍ في جَسَدِه

العافِيَةُ وصِحَّةُ البِنيَةِ خَيرٌ مِن كُلِّ الذَّهَب وقُوَّةُ الجِسْمِ أَفضَلُ مِن ثَروَةٍ لا تُحْصى

لا غنى خير من عافية الجسم ولا سرور يفوق فرح القلب

المَوتُ أَفضَلُ مِنَ الحَياةِ المُرَّة والرَّاحَةُ الأَبَدِيَّةُ أَفضَلُ مِنَ المَرَضِ المُلازِم

الخيرات المسكوبة على فم مغلق كالاطعمة الموضوعة على قبر

أَيُّ مَنفَعَةٍ لِلصَّنَمِ بِالقُرْبان فإِنَّه لا يأكُلُ ولا يَشُمّ هٰكذا مَن يُرهِقُه الرَّبّ

يَرى بِعَينَيه ويَتَنَهَّد كالخَصِيِّ الَّذي يُعانِقُ عَذْراءَ ثُمَّ يَتَنَهَّد

لا تَستَسلِمْ إِلى الحُزْنِ ولا تُضَيِّقْ صَدرَكَ بِأَفْكارِكَ

سُرورُ القَلبِ حَياةُ الإِنْسان وٱبتِهاجُ الرَّجُلِ يُطيلُ أَيَّامَه

رَوِّحْ عن نَفسِكَ وفَرِّجْ عن قَلبِكَ وٱطرُدِ الحُزنَ عَنكَ بَعيدًا فإِنَّ الحُزنَ قَتَلَ كَثيرينَ ولَيسَ فيه مَنفَعَة

الغَيرَةُ والغَضَبُ يُقَلِّلانِ عَدَدَ الأَيَّام والهَمُّ يأتي بِالشَّيخوخةِ قَبلَ الأَوان

القَلبُ المَسْرورُ الطَّيِّبُ يُساعِدُ على الشَّهِيَّة ويَهتَمُّ بمآكِلِه

He who loves his son will continue to lay stripes upon him, that he may have joy from him in the end.

He who chastises his son will have profit from him, and will brag about him among his acquaintances.

He who teaches his son will provoke his enemy to jealousy. Before friends, he will rejoice in him.

His father dies, and is as though he had not died; for he has left one behind him like himself.

In his life, he saw his son and rejoiced. When he died, it was without regret.

He left behind him an avenger against his enemies, and one to repay kindness to his friends.

He who makes too much of his son will bind up his wounds. His heart will be troubled at every cry.

An unbroken horse becomes stubborn. An unrestrained son becomes headstrong.

Pamper your child, and he will make you afraid. Play with him, and he will grieve you.

Don’t laugh with him, lest you have sorrow with him, and you gnash your teeth in the end.

Give him no liberty in his youth, and don’t ignore his follies.

Bow down his neck in his youth, and beat him on the sides while he is a child, lest he become stubborn, and be disobedient to you, and there be sorrow to your soul.

Chastise your son, and give him work, lest his shameless behavior be an offense to you.

Better is a poor man who is healthy and fit, than a rich man who is afflicted in his body.

Health and fitness are better than all gold, and a strong body better than wealth without measure.

There is no wealth better than health of body. There is no gladness above the joy of the heart.

Death is better than a bitter life, and eternal rest than a continual sickness.

Good things poured out upon a mouth that is closed are like food offerings laid upon a grave.

What does an offering profit an idol? For it can’t eat or smell. So is he who is punished by the Lord,

seeing with his eyes and groaning, like a eunuch embracing a virgin and groaning.

Don’t give your soul to sorrow. Don’t afflict yourself deliberately.

Gladness of heart is the life of a man. Cheerfulness of a man lengthens his days.

Love your own soul, and comfort your heart. Remove sorrow far from you, for sorrow has destroyed many, and there is no profit in it.

Envy and wrath shorten life. Anxiety brings old age before its time.

Those who are cheerful and merry will benefit from their food.