Retain the wind by compressing the belly.

Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have a camel prancing about. Haul him off to a public entertainment and his face will be enough to spoil the people's entertainment.

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

Love that has nothing but beauty to keep it in good health is short-lived.

The desire to write grows with writing.

To know nothing is the happiest life.

No one respects a talent that is concealed.