نلبس بين الناس ثوب الرياء ونحن في قبضة كفّ القضاء وكم سعينا نرتجى مهربًا فكان مسعانا جميعًا هباء - Omar Khayyám

Whoever thinks algebra is a trick in obtaining unknowns has thought it in vain. No attention should be paid to the fact that algebra and geometry are different in appearance. Algebras (jabbre and maqabeleh) are geometric facts which are proved by propositions five and six of Book two of Elements.

Then said a Second — "Ne'er a peevish Boy Would break the Bowl from which he drank in joy, And He that with his hand the Vessel made Will surely not in after Wrath destroy".

The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop,
The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.