That which is not allotted the hand cannot reach; what is allotted you will find wherever you may be.

Tell no one the secret that you want to keep, although he may be worthy of confidence; for no one will be so careful of your secret as yourself.

Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.

He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow

Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.

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

Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see;For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.