Do not use the sharpness of your speech on your mother who taught you how to speak.

He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.

Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.

Lead such a life, that, when you die, the people may mourn you, and while you are alive they long for your company.

Asceticism is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you.

Loving one another is half of wisdom.

Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.