O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.

Publish not men's secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.

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.

Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.

Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.

Court the society of a superior, and make much of the opportunity; for in the company of an equal thy good fortune must decline.

The sons of Adam are limbs of each other, Having been created of one essence. When the calamity of time affects one limb, the other limbs cannot remain at rest. If you have no sympathy for the troubles of others, You are unworthy to be called by the name of a human.