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, often repeated in the western world, which states that being sad due to lacking shoes is only understood after encountering someone without feet—“whereupon I thanked Providence for its bounty to myself”—is derived from the Golestan.