اوّل كسی كه عَلَم بر جامه كرد و انگشتری در دست، جمشید بود.
گفتندش: چرا به چپ دادی و فضیلت راست راست؟
گفت: راست را زینت راستی تمام است.
فریدون گفت نقّاشان چین را
كه پیرامون خرگاهش بدوزند:
بدان را نیک دار ای مرد هشیار
كه نیكان خود بزرگ و نیکروزند
The first sovereign who laid stress on costume and wore rings on his left hand was Jamshid; and being asked why he had adorned his left whereas excellence resides in the right hand, he replied: ‘The right hand is fully ornamented by its own rectitude.’
Feridun ordered Chinese embroiderers To write around the borders of his tent: ‘Keep the wicked well, O intelligent man, Because the good are in themselves great and fortunate.’