When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend.
Pride thyself on what virtue thou hast, and not on thy parentage.
Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
Publish not men's secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
I have often found a small stream at its fountain-head, that, when followed up, carried away the camel with his load.