“Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.”

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.

Ability and necessity dwell near each other.

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.

The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone.

Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.

As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love.

Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.

Virtue is harmony.

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.

Around, around, Companions all, take your ground, And name the bell with joy profound! CONCORDIA is the word we’ve found Most meet to express the harmonious sound, That calls to those in friendship bound.

Tell me, what is hope if not a sweet, sweet companion?

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.

One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the grave – our own self. Get on good terms with that companion – learn to live with yourself.

You will never feel alone, if you run down the stairs of loneliness; as every solitary step becomes your companion.

The best companion and helper is admirable morals.

I was a child who went about in a world of colors. My friends, my companions, became women slowly; I became old in instants.