tomorrow he will shed peoples blood in a flash… and his clothes will be stained with it and will turn saffron. among them is that a person will be generous and give away everything he was able to do which he was previously unable to do as if he is the one being gifted to him and the one being sought for his fortune. all of that is to show off his good qualities and desire for himself. how many a miser has been generous and a stubborn person has been released and a coward has been brave and a roughnatured person has been charming and an ignorant person has been wellmannered and a spittlespitting person has been adorned and a poor person has been made beautiful and an old person has been made poor and a pious person has been made poor and a chaste person has been made poor and a chaste person has been made poor.
غدا لدماء الناس باللحظ سافكا وضرج منها ثوبه فتعصفرا ومنها أن يجود المرء يبذل كل ما كان يقدر عليه مما كان يمتنع به قبل ذلك، كأنه هو الموهوب له والمسعي في حظه، كل ذلك ليبدي محاسنه ويرغب في نفسه؛ فكم بخيل جاد، وقطوب تطلق، وجبان تشجع، وغليظ الطبع تظرف، وجاهل تأدب، وتفل تزين، وفقير تجمل، وذي سن تفتى، وناسك تفتك، ومصون تهتك.