He will deal harshly by a stranger who has not been himself often a traveller or stranger.

If thou art wise, incline to truth; for truth, not the semblance, remains in its place.

If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure.

The sons of Adam are limbs of each other, Having been created of one essence. When the calamity of time affects one limb, the other limbs cannot remain at rest. If you have no sympathy for the troubles of others, You are unworthy to be called by the name of a human.

However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?

That knave preserves the pearl in his purse who considers all people purse-cuts.

A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.