Blessed is he whose own faults keep him from seeing the faults of others.

Knowledge is of two kinds: that which is absorbed and that which is heard. And that which is heard does not profit if it is not absorbed.

He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.

One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.

Of all the follies the greatest is to love the world.

Silence is the garden of thought.

Not every man with a heart is understanding, nor every man with an ear a listener, and nor every man with eyes able to see.