“When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.”

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.

Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.

A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.

Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.

A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.

Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.

Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.

Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.

To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Be not in the desire of thine own ease.

The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.

Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.

A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane.

He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.

People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.