Men scanning the surface count the wicked happy; they see not the frightful dreams that crowd a bad man's pillow.

I have sped by land and sea, and mingled with much people, but never yet could find a spot unsunned by human kindness.

Many a beggar at the crossway, or gray-haired shepherd on the plain, hath more of the end of all wealth than hundreds who multiply the means.

When thou choosest a wife, think not only of thyself, but of those God may give thee of her, that they reproach thee not for their being.

Every green herb, from the lotus to the darnel, is rich with delicate aids to help incurious man.

Rashly, nor ofttimes truly, doth man pass judgment on his brother; for he seeth not the springs of the heart, nor heareth the reasons of the mind.

Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man.