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

Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.

The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.

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

He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.

Whosoever formeth an intimacy with the enemies of his friends, does so to injure the latter. O wise man! wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.