Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.

To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.

However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?

Great God, have pity on the wicked, for thou didst everything for the good, when thou madest them good!

The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.

A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.

Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.