 therefore they said the best of your wealth is that which benefits you and the best of matters is their middle ground and the secret of the journey is the truth. 5 and the good is between two bad ones and they said the religion of god is between the negligent and the extravagant and they said in the proverb the archer shoots between them and they said you must be steadfast and moderate and neither laziness nor extravagance and they said between the marrow and the leanness and they said do not be sweet lest you swallow it nor bitter lest you spit it out and they said in the proverb there is no satisfaction from recovery and they said
ولذلك قالوا خير مالك ما نفعك، وخير الأمور أوساطها، وسر السير الحقحقة ٥ . والحسنة بين السيئتين ، وقالوا دين الله بين المقصر والغالي ، وقالوا في المثل بينهما يرمي الرامي ، وقالوا عليك بالسداد والإقتصاد ولا وكس ولا شطط ٦ ، وقالوا بين الممخة والعجفاء ٧ ، وقالوا لا تكن حلوا فتبتلع ولا مرا فتلفظ وقالوا في المثل ليس الري عن التشاف ٨ .