“Wine is a terrible foe, hard to wrestle with.”

It’s the wise man who stays home when he’s drunk.

We must take care of our minds because we cannot benefit from beauty when our brains are missing.

Let a man accept his destiny, No pity and no tears.

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Authority is never without hate.

Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.

For in other ways a woman is full of fear, defenseless, dreads the sight of cold steel; but, when once she is wronged in the matter of love, no other soul can hold so many thoughts of blood.

I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

The language of truth is simple.

Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.

Come back. Even as a shadow, even as a dream.

It is a good thing to be rich and strong, but it is a better thing to be loved.

Death is what men want when the anguish of living is more than they can bear.

In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you’ve heard the other side.

My hair is holy. I grow it long for the God.

Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end.