If thou tellest the sorrows of thy heart, let it be to him in whose countenance thou mayst be assured of prompt consolation.
A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
He will deal harshly by a stranger who has not been himself often a traveller or stranger.
That sorrow which is the harbinger of joy is preferable to the joy which is followed by sorrow.
Poverty snatches the reins out of the hand of piety.