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

Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.

Inflict not on an enemy every injury in your power, for he may afterwards become your friend.

There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.

Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.

Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.

The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.