To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.
If thou tellest the sorrows of thy heart, let it be to him in whose countenance thou mayst be assured of prompt consolation.
The rose and thorn, the treasure and dragon, joy and sorrow, all mingle into one.
The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.
A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.