Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.

When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.

Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.

A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.

Now that another is suffering pain at thy hand, trust not that thy heart shall be exempt from affliction.

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.

Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.