67ـ نِعْمَ الحَـظُّ القَناعَةُ.

67ـ نِعْمَ الحَـظُّ القَناعَةُ. The best attribute is contentment. 68ـ نِعْمَ الخَليقَةُ القَناعَةُ. One who has been granted contentment has acquired honour. 69ـ نالَ العِزَّ مَنْ رُزِقَ القَناعَةَ. There is no treasure like contentment. 70ـ لاكَنْـزَ كَالقَناعَةِ. Contentment is the better of the two riches. 71ـ اَلْقَناعَةُ أفْضَلُ الغِنائَيْنِ. Contentment is the better of the two forms of continence. 72ـ اَلْقَناعَةُ أفْضَلُ العِفَّتَيْنِ.

Indeed contentment and overcoming lustful desires are from the greatest forms of abstinence. 73ـ ألا وإنَّ القَناعَةَ، وغَلَبَةَ الشَّهْوَةِ مِنْ أكْبَرِ العِفافِ.