So long as money can answer, it were wrong in any business to put the life in danger.

I have often found a small stream at its fountain-head, that, when followed up, carried away the camel with his load.

When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends; but when you see them of one mind, string your bow, and place stones upon the ramparts.

Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.

If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.

There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead.

Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.