To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.

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

Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.

A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.

A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby - take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.

He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.

None can be so true to your secret as yourself.