Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend.
Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
To him who is stinted of food a boiled turnip will relish like a roast fowl.
Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.