A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
If thou art wise, incline to truth; for truth, not the semblance, remains in its place.
Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
To use the hands in making quicklime into mortar is better than to cross them on the breast in attendance on a prince.
There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.
He, who learns and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden, with a load of books.