It is widely quoted as a source of wisdom. The well-known aphorism still frequently repeated in the western world, about being sad because one has no shoes until one meets the man who has no feet "whereupon I thanked Providence for its bounty to myself" is from the Golestan.
The well-known saying, commonly cited in the western world, indicating that being sad about having no shoes is only comprehended after encountering a person without feet—“whereupon I thanked Providence for its bounty to myself”—is sourced from the Golestan.