Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter.
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.