A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
Pride thyself on what virtue thou hast, and not on thy parentage.
To use the hands in making quicklime into mortar is better than to cross them on the breast in attendance on a prince.
However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant