He who does not seek advice is a fool. His folly blinds him to Truth and makes him evil, stubborn, and a danger to his fellow man.

Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; and to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.

You are persecuted and despised. It were better that a person should be the oppressed than that he should be the oppressor; and fitter that he should be a victim to the frailty of human instincts than that he should be powerful and crush the flowers of life and disfigure the beauties of feeling with his desire.

When a man's hand touches the hand of a woman, they both touch the heart of eternity.

He is short-sighted who looks only on the path he treads and the wall on which he leans.

To barter and lose is better than not to go forth.