Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter.
Publish not men's secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
Fear not the proud and the haughty; fear rather him who fears God.
Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.