Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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.
Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.