Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.

Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog's mouth with a crumb.

Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter.

He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?

The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.

Whosoever formeth an intimacy with the enemies of his friends, does so to injure the latter. O wise man! wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.

Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy