To use the hands in making quicklime into mortar is better than to cross them on the breast in attendance on a prince.
That knave preserves the pearl in his purse who considers all people purse-cuts.
Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
The sea does not contain all the pearls, the earth does not enclose all the treasures, and the flint-stone does not inclose all the diamonds, since the head of man encloses wisdom.
You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.