The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.

That which is not allotted the hand cannot reach; what is allotted you will find wherever you may be.

Poverty snatches the reins out of the hand of piety.

A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.

If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.

It is wrong to follow the advice of an adversary; nevertheless it is right to hear it, that you may do the contrary; and this is the essence of good policy.

I have often found a small stream at its fountain-head, that, when followed up, carried away the camel with his load.