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

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.

Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see;For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.

Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.

The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.