Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure.
Publish not men's secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.
You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.