There are two kinds of beauty, one being of the soul and the other of the body, That of the soul is revealed through intelligence, modesty, right conduct, Generosity and good breeding, all of which qualities may exist in an ugly man; And when one's gaze is fixed upon beauty of this sort and not upon that of the body, Love is usually born suddenly and violently.

When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.

One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house.

A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket.

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.

I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.

There are two kinds of beauty, one being of the soul and the other of the body, That of the soul is revealed through intelligence, modesty, right conduct, Generosity and good breeding, all of which qualities may exist in an ugly man; And when one's gaze is fixed upon beauty of this sort and not upon that of the body, Love is usually born suddenly and violently.