You lack the courage to be consumed in flames and to become ashes: so you will never become new, and never young again!

Let thy virtue be too high for the familiarity of names, and if thou must speak of it, be not ashamed to stammer about it.

The gilded sheath of pity sometimes covers the dagger of envy.

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.

What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself.

One must learn to be a sponge if one wants to be loved by hearts that overflow.

When the gratitude that many owe to one discards all modesty, then there is fame.