Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.
I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.
She who is born with beauty is born with a sorrow for many a man.
To throw oneself into strange teachings is quite dangerous.
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.