Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.
When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend.
The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
If wisdom was to cease throughout the world, no one would suspect himself of ignorance.
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