Be sure, either that thou art stronger than thine enemy, or that thou hast a swifter pair of heels.

No reliance can be placed on the friendship of kings, nor vain hope put in the melodious voice of boys; for that passes away like a vision, and this vanishes like a dream.

The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

Roam abroad in the world, and take thy fill of its enjoyments before the day shall come when thou must quit it for good.

Be not in the desire of thine own ease.

Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.

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.