1. Persevere, you will achieve every difficult, unattainable goal
For water makes its mark through persistence on stone

2. The soul's reluctance to attain what it desires
Stems from a tendency to procrastinate or impatience

3. Who strives his utmost is excused should obstacles arise
Not of his making, but of fate's

4. Things may happen beyond reason's grasp
Defying mankind's warnings and prohibitions

5. How foolish the well-provided man of meager wit
How wise the penniless man in his distress

6. The noblest men in hardship and ordeal
The meanest in fortune and plenty

7. Such is the disposition of the Almighty
Who distributes affairs among mankind with perfect wisdom