هندویی نفطاندازی همی آموخت. حکیمی گفت تو را که خانه نیین است، بازی نه این است.
تا ندانی که سخن عین صواب است مگوی
وآنچه دانی که نه نیکوش جواب است مگوی
An Indian who was learning how to throw naphtha was thus reproved by a sage: ‘This is not a play for thee whose house is made of reeds.’
Speak not unless thou knowest it is perfectly proper And ask not what thou knowest will not elicit a good reply.