In this excerpt from Jami's Baharestan, the author cites the saying transmitted by Imam Ali from the Prophet — that the worth of every person is what he does well (قیمة کل امرء مایحسنه). Jami reinforces this with verses declaring that a person's value derives not from silver and gold but from their hunar, meaning cultivated skill, art, and excellence of deed and speech. The passage teaches a core principle of Persian ethical literature: acquired virtue can raise a servant far above a master, while lack of skill can reduce a master to servitude. Human worth is thus measured by character and capability rather than by material wealth or inherited station.