Saadi, Saʻdī, Sadi, or SADI may refer to: (wikipedia)
Capacity without education is deplorable, and education without capacity is thrown away.
Poverty snatches the reins out of the hand of piety.
Be sure, either that thou art stronger than thine enemy, or that thou hast a swifter pair of heels.
Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.
I have often found a small stream at its fountain-head, that, when followed up, carried away the camel with his load.
Court the society of a superior, and make much of the opportunity; for in the company of an equal thy good fortune must decline.
It is safer to be silent than to reveal one's secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.
To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
