Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it.
When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
Inflict not on an enemy every injury in your power, for he may afterwards become your friend.
When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend.
In the faculty of speech man excels the brute; but if thou utterest what is improper, the brute is they superior.
No reliance can be placed on the friendship of kings, nor vain hope put in the melodious voice of boys; for that passes away like a vision, and this vanishes like a dream.