c5-Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: Knowledge is a venerable estate; good manners are new dresses; a..4 thinking is clear mirror.
6-Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: The bosom of the wise is the safe of his secrets; cheerfulness is the bond of friendship; effective forbearance is the grave of short-comings.
It is narrated that Amir al-mu'minin said in expressing this meaning that: Mutual reconciliation is the covering for shortcomings; and he who admires himself attracts many opponents against him.
7-Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: Charity is an effective cure, and the actions of people in their present life will be before their eves in the next life
8-Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: How won¬derful is man that he speaks with fat, talks with a piece of flesh, hears with a bone and breathes through a hole.
9-Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: When this world advances towards anyone (with its favors) it attri¬butes to him other's good; and when it turns away from him it deprives him of his own good.
10-Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: Meet peo¬ple in such a manner that if you die they should weep for you and if you live they should long for you.
11-Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: When you gain power over your adversary pardon him by way of thanks for being able to overpower him.
12-Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: The most helpless of all men is he who cannot find a few brothers during his life, but still more helpless is he who finds such a brother but loses him .
13-Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: When you get (only) small favors do not push them away through lack of gratefulness.
14-Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: He who is abandoned by near ones is dear to remote ones.
15- Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: Every mischief monger cannot even be reproved.
16- Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: All matters are subject to destiny, so much so that sometimes death results from effort.
17-Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, was asked to explain the saying of the Messenger of Allah that: Banish your old age (by hair-dye) and do not acquire resemblance to the Jews. Amir al-mu'minin replied:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h.a.h.p.) said this at a time when the religion  was confined to a few, but now that its expanse has widened and it is firmly settled everyone is free in his action.
18-Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said about those who avoided fighting on his side: They abandoned right but did not support wrong.
19-Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: lie who gallops with loose rein collides with death.
20-Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: Forgive the shortcomings of considerate people because when they fall into error Allah raises them up.
21-Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: The consequence of fear is disappointment and of bashfulness is frustration. Opportunity passes away like the cloud. Therefore, make use of good opportunities.c