Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.

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

If thou art of elephant-strength or of lion-claw, still peace is, in my opinion, better than strife.

He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?

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.

God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.

Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.