Bowmen bend their bows when they wish to shoot: unbrace them when the shooting is over. Were they kept always strung they would break and fail the archer in time of need. So it is with men. If they give themselves constantly to serious work, and never indulge awhile in pastime or sport, they lose their senses and become mad.

In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.

A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

A man trusts his ears less than his eyes.

It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.