حکمت 38: به فرزندش امام حسن (ع) فرمود: پسرم! چهار چیز… · Saying 38

وَ قَالَ (عليه السلام): لِابْنِهِ الْحَسَنِ (عليه السلام) يَا بُنَيَّ احْفَظْ عَنِّي أَرْبَعاً وَ أَرْبَعاً لَا يَضُرُّكَ مَا عَمِلْتَ مَعَهُنَّ إِنَّ أَغْنَي الْغِنَي الْعَقْلُ وَ أَكْبَرَ الْفَقْرِ الْحُمْقُ وَ أَوْحَشَ الْوَحْشَةِ الْعُجْبُ وَ أَكْرَمَ الْحَسَبِ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ يَا بُنَيَّ إِيَّاكَ وَ مُصَادَقَةَ الْأَحْمَقِ فَإِنَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْفَعَكَ فَيَضُرَّكَ وَ إِيَّاكَ وَ مُصَادَقَةَ الْبَخِيلِ فَإِنَّهُ يَقْعُدُ عَنْكَ أَحْوَجَ مَا تَكُونُ إِلَيْهِ وَ إِيَّاكَ وَ مُصَادَقَةَ الْفَاجِرِ فَإِنَّهُ يَبِيعُكَ بِالتَّافِهِ وَ إِيَّاكَ وَ مُصَادَقَةَ الْكَذَّابِ فَإِنَّهُ كَالسَّرَابِ يُقَرِّبُ عَلَيْكَ الْبَعِيدَ وَ يُبَعِّدُ عَلَيْكَ الْقَرِيبَ.

Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, said to his son al-Hassan: O My son! Learn four things and (a further) four things from me. Nothing will harm you if you practise them. That the richest of riches is intelligence; the biggest destitution is foolishness; the wildest wildness is vanity and the best achievement is goodness of the moral character. O My son! You should avoid making friends with a fool because he may intend to benefit you but may harm you; you should avoid making friends with a miser because he will run away from you when you need him most; you should avoid making friends with a sinful person because he will sell you for nought; and you should avoid making friends with a liar because he is like a mirage, making you feel far things near and near things far