The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.

Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.

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.

A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

The sea does not contain all the pearls, the earth does not enclose all the treasures, and the flint-stone does not inclose all the diamonds, since the head of man encloses wisdom.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.