Better hold the hand for coin, though small, Than lose, for one half a dang, it all.
To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise.
Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it.
When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.