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

A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby - take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.

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

The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.

To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.

Avoid that which an enemy tells you to do; for if you follow his advice, you will smite your, knees with the hand of sorrow. If he shows you a road straight as an arrow, turn from it and go the other way.

The sea does not contain all the pearls, the earth does not enclose all the treasures, and the flint-stone does not inclose all the diamonds, since the head of man encloses wisdom.