Just as dumb creatures are snared by food, human beings would not be caught unless they had a nibble of hope.

Heaven is equally distant everywhere.

A physician is nothing but a consoler of the mind.

Leave your home, O youth, and seek out alien shores. A wider range of life has been ordained for you.

Everyone will find what he's looking for. Nothing pleases everyone: this man gathers thorns, that one roses.

A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.

Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of nature.