Whoever is able to write a book and does not, it is as if he has lost a child
Even if you can't sing well, sing. Sing to yourself. Sing in the privacy of your home. But sing.
He who cannot accept reproof cannot become great.
Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broke in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with eating them.
A drunkard cannot plead his case.
A quarrelsome man deserves no honors.