The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.
The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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.
Though someday we may become as eloquent as Sahban, but we might also miss the essence of the Forgiving One.