Publish not men's secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
Capacity without education is deplorable, and education without capacity is thrown away.
Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
But for the cravings of the belly not a bird would have fallen into the snare; nay, nay, the fowler would not have spread his net. The belly is chains to the hands and fetters to the feet. He who is a slave to his belly seldom worships God.
If thou tellest the sorrows of thy heart, let it be to him in whose countenance thou mayst be assured of prompt consolation.