Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.

The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets.

To use the hands in making quicklime into mortar is better than to cross them on the breast in attendance on a prince.

To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.

Now that another is suffering pain at thy hand, trust not that thy heart shall be exempt from affliction.

Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.

If thou art wise, incline to truth; for truth, not the semblance, remains in its place.