A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful.

They say: 'If a man knew himself, he would know all mankind.' I say: 'If a man loved mankind, he would know something of himself.

What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?

If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.

Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.