 if you are amazed by your prestige in this world then think about your opponents your equals and your peers. perhaps they are the most vile lowly and depraved. know that they are like you in what you are in and perhaps they are among those whom one would be ashamed to resemble because of their extreme vileness and baseness in themselves in their morals and in their origins. so belittle every position in which those i mentioned to you share.
 وإن اعجبت بجاهك في دنياك فتفكر في مخالفيك واندادك ونظائرك ولعلهم أخساء وضعاء سقاط. فاعلم أنهم أمثالك فيما أنت فيه ولعلهم ممن يستحيي من التشبه بهم لفرط رذالتهم وخساستهم في أنفسهم وفي أخلاقهم ومنابتهم، فاستهن بكل منزلة شارك فيها من ذكرت لك.