A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.

People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy

He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.

He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow

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