If thou art of elephant-strength or of lion-claw, still peace is, in my opinion, better than strife.
Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.
Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter.
Obedience insures greatness, whilst disobedience leads to a repulse. Whosoever possesseth the qualities of righteousness placeth his head on the threshold of obedience.
To him who is stinted of food a boiled turnip will relish like a roast fowl.
He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow.
There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead.
He who, when he hath the power, doeth not good, when he loses the means will suffer distress. There is not a more unfortunate wretch than the oppressor; for in the day of adversity nobody is his friend.
Wherever the tree of beneficence takes root, it sends forth branches beyond the sky!
To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
It is wrong to follow the advice of an adversary; nevertheless it is right to hear it, that you may do the contrary; and this is the essence of good policy.
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
Inflict not on an enemy every injury in your power, for he may afterwards become your friend.
I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.