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

The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets.

Liberty is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it. Be assured that men most commonly seek to oblige thee only that they may engage thee to serve them.

To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.

If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.

Fear not the proud and the haughty; fear rather him who fears God.

Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.