“There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.”

He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.

Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.

However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.

When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.

Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!

Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!

Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!

Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.

The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.

Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.

Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.

O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.

The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.