Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.

Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.

The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

If thou tellest the sorrows of thy heart, let it be to him in whose countenance thou mayst be assured of prompt consolation.

Roam abroad in the world, and take thy fill of its enjoyments before the day shall come when thou must quit it for good.

But for the cravings of the belly not a bird would have fallen into the snare; nay, nay, the fowler would not have spread his net. The belly is chains to the hands and fetters to the feet. He who is a slave to his belly seldom worships God.

Wherever the tree of beneficence takes root, it sends forth branches beyond the sky!