Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog's mouth with a crumb.

A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.

There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.

The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.

Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.

To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.

A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.