He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.

So long as money can answer, it were wrong in any business to put the life in danger.

To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.

Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.

Much contention and strife will arise in that house where the wife shall get up dissatisfied with her husband.

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.

Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.