To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise.
If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
The rose and thorn, the treasure and dragon, joy and sorrow, all mingle into one.
The whelp of a wolf must prove a wolf at last, notwithstanding he may be brought up by a man.
To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
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.