The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

Whenever thy hand can reach it, tear out the foe's brain, for such an opportunity washes anger from the mind.

Roam abroad in the world, and take thy fill of its enjoyments before the day shall come when thou must quit it for good.

Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.

Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.

Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.

The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets.