Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 76

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.’