If thou tellest the sorrows of thy heart, let it be to him in whose countenance thou mayst be assured of prompt consolation.

The sea does not contain all the pearls, the earth does not enclose all the treasures, and the flint-stone does not inclose all the diamonds, since the head of man encloses wisdom.

Publish not men's secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.

Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.

Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.