To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.

It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.

That knave preserves the pearl in his purse who considers all people purse-cuts.

All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being.

He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow

A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby - take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.

Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.