When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.
None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
To use the hands in making quicklime into mortar is better than to cross them on the breast in attendance on a prince.
A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
Fear not the proud and the haughty; fear rather him who fears God.
He who, when he hath the power, doeth not good, when he loses the means will suffer distress. There is not a more unfortunate wretch than the oppressor; for in the day of adversity nobody is his friend.