Wherever the tree of beneficence takes root, it sends forth branches beyond the sky!

When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

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.

Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.