Flattery leads to vulgarity; the flatterer is despised.

A poor but humble man who gives nothing to charity is preferrable to a rich but haughty man who does.

If you do not help a man with his troubles, it is equivalent to bringing troubles to him.

The man who acts humble in order to win praise is guilty of the lowest form of pride.

When a father is quick to lose his tempre, his sons are fools.

Whoever is able to write a book and does not, it is as if he has lost a child

Better a superstitious believer than a rational unbeliever.