It is safer to be silent than to reveal one's secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.

There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead.

A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.

That knave preserves the pearl in his purse who considers all people purse-cuts.

The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.