Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?